Challenges & Prospects of Employees’ Training Transfer: In the Case of Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) Headquarter Office, Addis Ababa

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.