Impact of Proactive Personality in predicting Training Outcomes

Abstract

While past researches have extensively focused in the field of training transfer, there is little empirical work done examining the influence of personality. The purpose of the paper is to operationalize the personality construct proposed by Baldwin and Ford’s (1988) transfer of training model. Specifically, the paper examines the role of participants’ age in moderating the relationship between proactive personality and motivation to transfer and training transfer. The study used responses from 233 employees working in a large paint manufacturing company based in India. Data was analyzed using OLS regression followed by multi-group mediation analysis using bootstrapping. The discussion provides insights into training initiatives within the organization and recommendations for practice.