Abstract
Although the high costs of implementing personnel development programs in enterprises and increasingly in universities as well are commonly accepted, the scientifically-grounded evaluation of a program's effectiveness is often neglected. The aim of this paper was to evaluate a personnel development program for academics at a German university (N=1426). We investigated the program's effectiveness on Kirkpatrick's four levels. We examined short- and long-term effects with a repeated measurements design. In sum, 123 training programs were clustered into 26 primary studies. We conducted t-tests and aggregated the effect sizes (d) using meta-analytical techniques. We found a high short-term effect and a moderate to high long-term effect for the learning level, and a small to moderate long-term effect for the behavior level. Participants' organizational commitment did not increase. Our results have appealing practical implications for university HR managers, trainers, and evaluators.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
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Fakultät: | Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie |
Themengebiete: | 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie |
ISSN: | 0307-5079 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 88538 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 25. Jan. 2022, 09:27 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 25. Jan. 2022, 09:27 |