TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward an integrative theory of training motivation
T2 - A meta-analytic path analysis of 20 years of research
AU - Colquitt, Jason A.
AU - LePine, Jeffrey A.
AU - Noe, Raymond A.
PY - 2000/10
Y1 - 2000/10
N2 - This article meta-analytically summarizes the literature on training motivation, its antecedents, and its relationships with training outcomes such as declarative knowledge, skill acquisition, and transfer. Significant predictors of training motivation and outcomes included individual characteristics (e.g., locus of control, conscientiousness, anxiety, age, cognitive ability, self-efficacy, valence, job involvement) and situational characteristics (e.g., climate). Moreover, training motivation explained incremental variance in training outcomes beyond the effects of cognitive ability. Meta-analytic path analyses further showed that the effects of personality, climate, and age on training outcomes were only partially mediated by self-efficacy, valence, and job involvement. These findings are discussed in terms of their practical significance and their implications for an integrative theory of training motivation.
AB - This article meta-analytically summarizes the literature on training motivation, its antecedents, and its relationships with training outcomes such as declarative knowledge, skill acquisition, and transfer. Significant predictors of training motivation and outcomes included individual characteristics (e.g., locus of control, conscientiousness, anxiety, age, cognitive ability, self-efficacy, valence, job involvement) and situational characteristics (e.g., climate). Moreover, training motivation explained incremental variance in training outcomes beyond the effects of cognitive ability. Meta-analytic path analyses further showed that the effects of personality, climate, and age on training outcomes were only partially mediated by self-efficacy, valence, and job involvement. These findings are discussed in terms of their practical significance and their implications for an integrative theory of training motivation.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.85.5.678
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.85.5.678
M3 - Article
C2 - 11055143
AN - SCOPUS:0034287141
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 85
SP - 678
EP - 707
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 5
ER -