The biggest challenge in training is the transfer of the skills and information learned in the training to the work place.
In every company, Human Resources (HR) training in many employee-related and customer-related topics is mandatory, especially f...
The biggest challenge in training is the transfer of the skills and information learned in the training to the work place.
In every company, Human Resources (HR) training in many employee-related and customer-related topics is mandatory, especially for managers and supervisors. “Transfer of training”, as it relates to workplace training, refers to the use put by training participants of the skills and knowledge they learned to their actual work practices.
Today, call center management is an increasingly important skill as the use of call centers becomes a popular method of centralizing communication services, streamlining order taking and providing valuable customer support. The skills required to successfully set-up and manage a call center encompass everything from staff recruitment and personnel management, to technical understanding of the options available, and the all-important customer relationship management.
To keep up-to-date with the latest training skill on call center management techniques and how to develop successful customer relationship management, Many scholars have argued that employee training program can have positive effects on transfer behavior of training because it stimulates employee's perception and individual performance.
The purpose of this study were to understand the relationship between employee's training program and transfer behavior of training, and to analyze the moderating effects of the leadership type on the training program components and transfer behavior of training.
In this study, there are six hypotheses based on literature reviews and tested by the data from questionnaires. The sample were consisted in 339 tele-marketers of call center in Korea. The collected data have been analyzed by using SPSSWIN 14.0 version.
The result and conclusion acquired from this study were as follows ;
First, trainee characteristics, training program characteristics and organizational characteristics significantly influence transfer behavior after the training program.
Second, trainee characteristics, training program characteristics and organizational characteristics differently influence transfer behavior according to the leadership style.
These results imply that call center manager exert more efforts on building supportive trainee characteristics, training program characteristics and organizational characteristics to enhance transfer behavior and consider leadership style to suggest training action program.
Thereby, this study stressed on importance of effectiveness of employee's training program and moderating effect of leadership style.