Transfer of Leadership Skills The Influence of Motivation to Transfer and Organizational Support in Managerial Training

The successful transfer of managerial skills acquired in training is important for organizational performance. As leadership skills are complex, it is highly demanding to learn these skills and to apply them in practice. Therefore, motivation to transfer and organizational support are important determinants of transfer particularly in managerial training. The present study examined the lagged effect of motivation to transfer and organizational support on the leaders' behavior right after training and 1 year later. As expected, motivation to transfer and organizational support predict behavioral transfer immediately after training and 1 year later. Moreover, behavioral transfer after the training predicts job performance 1 year later.