Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals
Abstract Background Most organizations invest in people for training to improve human capital and maximize profitability. Yet it is reported in industry and nursing as well that training effectiveness is constrained because of inadequate transfer of training and the underlying reasons for the transf...
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doaj-1f360f5db7f64120ab3eb8e6f2020d402020-11-25T00:06:33ZengBMCBMC Health Services Research1472-69632018-02-011811910.1186/s12913-018-2910-7Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionalsYangjing Bai0Jiping Li1Yangjuan Bai2Weiguang Ma3Xiangyu Yang4Fang Ma5Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityCardiology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical UniversitySchool of Nursing Peking Union Medical CollegeSchool of Nursing, Chengdu University Of Traditional Chinese MedicineDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical UniversityAbstract Background Most organizations invest in people for training to improve human capital and maximize profitability. Yet it is reported in industry and nursing as well that training effectiveness is constrained because of inadequate transfer of training and the underlying reasons for the transfer problem remain unknown. And there is lack of tool to measure transfer problem. Methods The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to evaluate the scores of factors influencing training transfer (FITT) among nursing professionals. The questionnaire was developed by item generation through interview with nurses and literature review. The FITT was validated in terms of content validity through expert reviews. Psychometric properties of the final instrument were assessed in a sample of 960 nurses with training experiences. Results The content validity of the instrument were as follows: the IR was 0.8095. 51 items on the 63-item scale had I-CVIs of 1.0 and the remaining 12 items had I-CVIs of 0.88. The S-CVI/UA was 0.976 and the S-CVI/Ave was 0.977. For the exploratory step, principal axis factoring (PAF) was selected for this study. Parallel analysis was used to decide the number of factors to extract and oblimin rotation method was used. Exploratory factor analysis identified a five-factor solution including 53 items, accounting for 68.23% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed some support for this five-factor model. The findings demonstrate high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = .965). Conclusions This study indicates that the FITT is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals. The FITT can be used to assess individual perceptions of catalysts and barriers to the transfer of training among nursing professionals, which can help promote training transfer and training effectiveness in the workplace.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-2910-7Training transferNursesValidityReliability |
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Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals |
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Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals |
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Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals |
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Abstract Background Most organizations invest in people for training to improve human capital and maximize profitability. Yet it is reported in industry and nursing as well that training effectiveness is constrained because of inadequate transfer of training and the underlying reasons for the transfer problem remain unknown. And there is lack of tool to measure transfer problem. Methods The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to evaluate the scores of factors influencing training transfer (FITT) among nursing professionals. The questionnaire was developed by item generation through interview with nurses and literature review. The FITT was validated in terms of content validity through expert reviews. Psychometric properties of the final instrument were assessed in a sample of 960 nurses with training experiences. Results The content validity of the instrument were as follows: the IR was 0.8095. 51 items on the 63-item scale had I-CVIs of 1.0 and the remaining 12 items had I-CVIs of 0.88. The S-CVI/UA was 0.976 and the S-CVI/Ave was 0.977. For the exploratory step, principal axis factoring (PAF) was selected for this study. Parallel analysis was used to decide the number of factors to extract and oblimin rotation method was used. Exploratory factor analysis identified a five-factor solution including 53 items, accounting for 68.23% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed some support for this five-factor model. The findings demonstrate high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = .965). Conclusions This study indicates that the FITT is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the factors influencing training transfer among nursing professionals. The FITT can be used to assess individual perceptions of catalysts and barriers to the transfer of training among nursing professionals, which can help promote training transfer and training effectiveness in the workplace. |
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