Transfer of Learning and its Influence on Employees' Job Performance

Abstract

Employees are the major assets of any organization. Every organizations needs well trained employees to perform the activities effectively and efficiently. It is the continuous process of the organizations that helps to develop skills, knowledge and abilities. Transfer of learning from management development programmes has been described as the effective and continuing application back at work of the knowledge and skills gained on those programmes. It is a very important issue for organizations today, given the large amounts of investment in these programmes and the small amounts of that investment that actually translates into an improved individual and organizational performance. The purpose of the study is to find out the transfer of learning and its influence on employees' job performance. The study found out that employees are aware about training; employees are motivated through training; and training results into higher performance. The study suggested that training facilitators should be dynamically followed and made required and the employer should give compulsory training programs for all employees in order to improve performance. The study decided that there is need for continuous training and learning transfer is a major influence on employees' job performances.