Organizational Psychology

This research is devoted to the phenomena on of transfer knowledge and skills received in training, in real life, particularly at the workplace. We research how some factors influence on transfer. Transfer of training is defined as the effective and continuing application, by trainees to their jobs, of the knowledge and skills gained in training – both on and off the job. The research base consist of the results of a survey of employees who participated in training sessions of the development of various professional skills and qualities. The obtained results describe the type and strength of the link between transfer and personal characteristics of the participants of the training, training design and work environment. We received interesting results concerning link between different types of motivation of participants and the level of transfer. There were also found some contentious issues that couldbe interesting for future research on this topic. The results of this study allow to make conclusions about how to increase the level of transfer and the effectiveness of trainings. This research could beuseful for specialists working in the area of training and development of personnel.