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Transfer of Training

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Transfer of training is the application of knowledge and skills learned during training to a targeted job or role, a concept used mainly within industrial and organizational psychology. For example, transfer of training occurs when an employee who has completed a safety course goes on to use the safety behaviors they learned in their actual work environment. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Transfer of training is the generalization and maintenance of material learned in training to the work environment. 1
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1. Transfer of training (Wikipedia)
Model of Transfer
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Baldwin and Ford (1988) is the most commonly cited model of transfer, which defines the transfer of training as the generalization and maintenance of material learned in training to the work environment.
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