Research Summaries:
You will need to read and summarize 8 empirical articles on training.  The purpose of this assignment is to increase your familiarity with the research literature on training and give you a deeper understanding of some of the topics in the course.

Each article summary should be about 3-4 pages (double-spaced) and is worth 6 points. Your article summary should include all of the following:

1.  Full citation for the article

2.  Description of the purpose of the study. What questions are they trying to answer?

3.  Description of the methodology of the study.  How did they attempt to answer their research question(s)?

4.  Description of their findings and conclusions.  What did they find?

5.  Discussion of the implications for training in organizations.  How could these results be used to improve training and development in organizations?

6.  Your reactions to the article.  What problems did you notice? What might be the next steps in research on this topic?

Below are a list of 12 possible articles that you can choose from (all of these articles are available online from the university library as full-text documents).  Based on this list, you will choose 8 of the 12 to read and summarize.   

Brown, K. G. (2001).  Using computers to deliver training: Which employees learn and why? Personnel Psychology, 54, 271-296.

Brown, K. G. (2005).  A field study of employee e-learning activity and outcomes.  Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16, 465-480.

Brown, T. C. (2005).  Effectiveness of distal and proximal goals as transfer-of-training interventions: A field experiment.  Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16, 369- 387.

Driskell, J. E., Johnston, J. H., & Salas, E. (2001).  Does stress training generalize to novel settings? Human Factors, 43, 99-110.

Ellis, A. P. J., Bell, B. S., Ployhart, R. E., Hollenbeck, J. R., & Ilgen, D. R. (2005).  An evaluation of generic teamwork skills training with action teams: Effects on cognitive and skills-based outcomes.  Personnel Psychology, 58, 641-672.

Gully, S. M., Payne, S. C., Koles, K. L., K., & Whiteman, J. K. (2002). The impact of error training and individual differences on training outcomes: An attribute-treatment interaction perspective.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 143-155.

Holladay, C. L., & Quinones, M. A. (2003).  Practice variability and transfer of training: The role of self-efficacy generality. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 1094-1103.

Klein, H. J., Noe, R. A., & Wang, C. (2006).  Motivation to learn and course outcomes: The impact of delivery mode, learning goal orientation, and perceived barriers and enablers.  Personnel Psychology, 59, 665-702.

Lorenzet, S. J., Salas, E., & Tannenbaum, S. I. (2005).  Benefiting from mistakes: The impact of guided errors on learning, performance, and self-efficacy. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16, 301-322.

McKinney, E. H., & Davis, K. J. (2003).  Effects of deliberate practice on crisis decision performance. Human Factors, 45, 436-444.

Schmidt, A. M., & Ford, J. K. (2003).  Learning within a learner control training environment: The interactive effects of goal orientation and metacognitive instruction on learning outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 56, 405-429.

Towler, A. J. (2003). Effects of charismatic influence training on attitudes, behavior, and performance. Personnel Psychology, 56, 363-381.

Submittal Instructions:
Write your article summaries using Microsoft Word 97 or higher. Email these documents as attachments to the instructor, Todd Thorsteinson, at tthorste@uidaho.edu by the due date listed in the Schedule.