Learning Transfer System Inventory--Version 4

What influences transfer of training in an African agricultural research network?

“…The sets of questions were drawn from the LTSI, the full instrument can be obtained from the authors (Holton & Bates) as copyright regulations do not permit public sharing. Permission to use the LTSI version 3 (Bates et al, 2012) had been granted to the corresponding author by Holton during his PhD study in 2008. Only 11 Out of the 16 factors of the LSTI available in Table 1.0 were identified for use in this study.…”

“…As a result, 11 constructs including 2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11, from the training related scale constructs, while items 12, 15, 16 from the general scale were selected (Table 1.0). 'Training related scale constructs' are related to the specific training received, while 'General scale constructs' relate to training more generally (Bates et al, 2012). Five trainee related constructs out of 8 were dropped, with three considered as a sufficient representation of personal constructs.…”

“…Training transfer is the effective and continuing job application of the knowledge and skills gained in training. However, the process of training transfer is complex with a multiplicity of variables (Bates, Holton, & Hatala, 2012) which vary from one training and application context to the other, implying that further research on what enhances or hinders transfer in various contexts is needed.…”

“…The Learning Transfer Systems Inventory (LTSI) developed by Holton and Bates was developed to aid in holistic measurement of factors that affect training transfer irrespective of type of training, form of organization or part of the world (Bates et al, 2012;Donovan & Darcy, 2011;Holton, Chen & Naquin, 2003;Khasawneh, Bates & Holton, 2006;Yamnill & McLean, 2005).…”