A revised learning transfer system inventory: factorial replication and validation

• Published in: Human resource development international Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 549 - 569
• Main Authors: Bates, Reid, Holton, Elwood F., Hatala, John Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.11.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Data collection; Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Individuals; Learning; learning transfer; Organizational learning; Perceptions; personnel training; Studies; test validity; Training; Validation studies; Validity
• ISSN: 1367-8868; 1469-8374
• DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2012.726872

The learning transfer system inventory (LTSI) is an empirically derived self-report 16-factor inventory designed to assess individual perceptions of catalysts and barriers to the transfer of learning from work-related training. Although a good deal of research has been done addressing various dimensions of the LTSI's construct validity, minor discrepancies in factor solutions in several studies together with problematic fit of some items suggest that further construct validity research is needed. Using data collected in 17 countries and utilizing 14 different language versions of the LTSI, the research objectives for this research were to (1) determine the number and nature of common factors involved to account for the pattern of correlations among the measured variables in LTSI version 3 using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and (2) test via confirmatory factor analysis the validity of the factorial structure of the LTSI that emerged from the EFA and scale refinement efforts. Results provided strong support for the five- and 11-factor structure of the program-specific and training-general domains of a 48-item LTSI.