Many researchers have examined the effect of various work-related factors on transfer of
learning. However, there has been little or no focus on the effect of key workplace
factors such as job stress and job satisfaction on transfer of learning. The current study
examines the relationship among job stress, job satisfaction, motivation to transfer and
transfer of learning based on the perceptions of selected Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) outreach trainers who underwent training conducted by the
Texas Engineering Extension, Texas. A 24-item questionnaire was utilized to collect
data. The questionnaire was sent electronically to all outreach trainers who underwent
the OSHA General Industry Course 501 during 2005, and the first six months of 2006.
The sample included 418 respondents representing a population of 1234 outreach
trainers. Descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha estimates for reliability, factor analysis,
correlation analysis, regression analysis, path analysis, and Sobel tests were the analysis
methods used in the study. The results from the analysis suggest that job stress and its related dimensions,
time stress, and anxiety had an indirect correlation with transfer of learning through job
satisfaction and motivation to transfer. Further, it was found that job stress, time stress,
and anxiety predicted job satisfaction; time stress predicted anxiety; job satisfaction
predicted motivation to transfer; and motivation to transfer predicted transfer of learning.
Finally, path analysis results and mediation tests showed that: (1) the relationship
between job stress and transfer was mediated by job satisfaction and motivation to
transfer, (2) the relationship between time stress and transfer was mediated by job
satisfaction and motivation to transfer, (3) the relationship between anxiety and transfer
was mediated by job satisfaction and motivation to transfer, and finally (4) the
relationship between time stress and transfer was mediated by anxiety, job satisfaction,
and motivation to transfer.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1670 |
| Date | 15 May 2009 |
| Creators | Nair, Prakash Krishnan |
| Contributors | Egan, Toby Marshall, Tolson, Homer |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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