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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Khasawneh, Samer; Bates, Reid; Holton, Elwood F., III – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
The purpose of this study was to translate and validate an Arabic version of the Learning Transfer System Inventory (LTSI) for use in Jordan. The study also investigated the perceptions of transfer system characteristics across selected individual and situational variables. The LTSI was administered to 450 employees of 28 different public and…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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Ruona, Wendy E. A.; Leimbach, Michael; Holton, Elwood F., III; Bates, Reid – International Journal of Training and Development, 2002
The Learning Transfer System Inventory was completed by 1,616 employees in training. Pearson product-moment correlations showed that motivation and ability were most strongly related to perceptions of training utility. Multiple regression analysis revealed that utility reactions had a small but significant impact on predicting motivation to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Ability, Job Performance, Motivation
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Seyler, Dian L.; Holton, Elwood F., III; Bates, Reid A.; Burnett, Michael F.; Carvalho, Manuel A. – International Journal of Training and Development, 1998
A study of trainees (n=88) in a competency-based occupational safety and health training program found that environmental factors (opportunities to use skills, peer/supervisor support, and supervisor sanctions) were most influential on motivation to transfer training. Training attitudes may be affected by prior experiences when the use of training…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Motivation, Occupational Safety and Health, Supervisors