Aims to explore factors which are thought to relate to the effectiveness of development centre processes. Studies a … variety of attitudinal and motivational aspects concerned with attendance at, and benefit from, a development centre. The … research was carried out using an instrument which was completed by 60 managers who had attended a development centre organized …

Training programs are infrequently evaluated and when they are evaluated they often rely on pre‐experimental designs … and feedback of the participants. This statement is also true of management development programs based on 360 feedback. In … this study the effects of a training program administered with 360 feedback are evaluated using pre‐ and post …

20‐week structure of intellect (SOI) training programme on the critical thinking skills of a group of participants in a …

Recent research suggests that cross‐cultural training should be timed with motivation to learn which may make … postarrival training a more effective alternative to more traditional, predeparture training. Swedish business expatriates in Hong … Kong were surveyed examining their preference for predeparture or postarrival training based on their international …

training in a public sector organization. Outdoor management development exercises and the psychodynamics of family groups … increased the psychological depth of a training intervention, eliciting dysfunctional behavior and facilitating diagnosis based …

their sea training. The results indicate that a general model of stress is unhelpful in identifying the predictors of stress …

of potentially beneficial forms of HCN learning using procedures of domain and theme analysis in taxonomy development …/implications – Provides helpful insights on absorptive capacity to promote further theory development, as well as practical guidance for … future HCN training to enhance the effective transfer of management knowledge and practice. Originality/value – Past research …

Purpose – This study aims to test a model of the relationships among older workers' propensity to engage in development … activities (development orientation), their perceptions of the development opportunities associated with their job (job … development climate), their commitment to their organization, and their intention to remain with their organization. Design …