Transfer of Training and Self‐efficacy: What is the Dilemma?

Abstract

Comments on B. Hesketh's (1997) article about training dilemmas associated with transfer and retention. Hesketh has argued that strategies designed to facilitate transfer might lower trainee self-efficacy. In addressing this dilemma, called the transfer-method-self-efficacy dilemma, the author discusses: (1) the veracity of the dilemma, (2) the factors that impact trainee self-efficacy, and (3) approaches for increasing trainee self-efficacy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)