Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to assess the challenges and prospects of employees’ training
transfer in Ethiopian Electric Power headquarters’ office, Addis Ababa. To achieve the
intended objective, this study employed a survey research design through collecting a
quantitative data. The findings of the study show that the level of employees’ personality to
transfer employees’ training in their organization is high; however, they are not adequately
motivated. Leaders/ trainers in Ethiopian Electric Power headquarter office rarely apply
(behavioral model, error management and learning goal-setting) as training strategy. In the
same sprite, employees’ negatively perceive the work- environment (transfer climate, support
and opportunity to perform) of Ethiopian Electric Power headquarter office to transfer
employees’ training in their work place; however, when seen individually, employees perceived
transfer climate of their organization as positive to transfer training in their work place. This
study also identified that lack of employees’ motivation, employees’ support & employees’
opportunity to perform and employees’ training strategy as major challenges in headquarter
office, whereas, employees’ ability & commitment to transfer training as well as their positive
perception & high value for training utility are identified as a potential opportunity for
headquarter office that may increase the success of training transfer. Finally, it is
recommended those leaders, employees’ trainers and personnel. They need to foster strong
effort on their employees’ motivation through providing rewards in the form of allowance,
positive & timely feedback, and support. The researcher suggests that employees’ training
should be designed based on employees’ training need assessment and it needs to be similar
with their actual work.
