Finding triggers for training transfer: evidence from the National Human Resource Development Institute in Korea

Abstract

IMPACT This article looks at public sector training from a human resource development (HRD) perspective. The authors discuss training to improve performance but also coaching trainees to transfer their expertise and training to others. Employees who transfer training were shown to be better performers. An HRD training programme that does not consider a trainee’s personal characteristics (for example capacity, motivation, interest, self-efficacy, and psychological state) cannot promote learning or transfer motivation. Practitioners who design HRD programmes for the public sector must consider individual differences and customized HRD programmes to facilitate knowledge transfer in the workplace.