Pretraining context effects: Training assignment as feedback.

1995-01-01articleJournal of Applied Psychology340 citationsclosed

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Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Abstract

This study examined the effects of framing training program assignments on training outcomes. A model was developed that suggests that the framing of training assignments can provide feedback regarding past performance and result in different attitudinal and motivational levels going into training. Participants were randomly assigned to 2 differently framed training programs (remedial vs. advanced). Attributions regarding past performance were found to interact with training assignments to affect pretraining selfefficacy. Both perceptions of past performance and expected assignment were found to moderate the relationship between training assignment and fairness perceptions. Also, motivation to learn was a key variable linking pretraining characteristics and training outcomes. Implications for training effectiveness research and practice are discussed

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