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The Influence of Organizational Culture on Training Effectiveness

In: The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development

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  • Kay Bunch

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Training has never been more critical for organizations determined to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage (Salas & Cannon-Bowers, 2001). Yet, despite a century of research on learning and training (Ford, 1997), effectiveness often is elusive (Salas & Cannon-Bowers, 20011. The extent of failure is unknown because lew companies adequately plan or evaluate training (Roberson, Kulik, & Pepper, 2003; Saari, Johnson. McLaughlin, & Zimmerle, 1988), but one of the more optimistic estimates suggests no more than 15 percent of learning transfers to the job (Cromwell & Kolb, 2004). Along with wasting immeasurable time and billions of dollars, failed interventions contribule to the persistent undervaluing of the HRD/training profession (Shank, 1998), costly litigation (Eyres, 1998; Mitchell & Tetluck, 2006), and growing cynicism about the worth of any organizational change (Wanous, Reichers, & Austin, 2000).

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  • Kay Bunch, 2009. "The Influence of Organizational Culture on Training Effectiveness," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Carol D. Hansen & Yih-Teen Lee (ed.), The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development, chapter 12, pages 197-212, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-23666-0_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230236660_12
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