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 Volume 7, Issue 7 (July 2020), Pages: 7-18

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 Review Paper

 Title: Role of motivation to learn in training transfer and job performance under peer and supervisor support in the Vietnamese public sector

 Author(s): Phuong V. Nguyen *, Tuyet Thi Thanh Tran

 Affiliation(s):

 Center for Public Administration, International University Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2034-4471

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.07.002

 Abstract:

This study examines the role of motivation to learn in both transferring skills and knowledge and improved job performance under the support of colleagues and supervisors. A structural equation modeling approach was used to analyze the responses to a survey of 399 employees in public sector organizations. The findings revealed that peer support had an insignificant direct effect on training transfer but had a significant indirect effect on training transfer throughout motivation to learn. However, supervisor support had both direct and indirect effects on training transfer through motivation to learn, which, in turn, improved job performance. The findings also indicated that both motivation to learn and skill transfer were significantly associated with job performance. The study provides theoretical contributions regarding the role of motivation to learn in training transfer and job performance. Managerial implications regarding stimulating job performance in public sector organizations are to generate incentive policies to inspire and motivate employees to learn new skills and knowledge and transfer them to improve organizational performance. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Peer support, Supervisor support, Motivation to learn, Training transfer, Job performance

 Article History: Received 3 January 2020, Received in revised form 23 March 2020, Accepted 25 March 2020

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Nguyen PV and Tran TTT (2020). Role of motivation to learn in training transfer and job performance under peer and supervisor support in the Vietnamese public sector. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(7): 7-18

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