Mediation of Perceived Content Validity on Motivation and Training Transfer among Smallholder Farmers in Central Uganda

Autor/inn/en	Twase, Ismail; Miiro, Richard F.; Matsiko, Frank; Ndaula, Sulaiman; Ssamula, Mathias
Titel	Mediation of Perceived Content Validity on Motivation and Training Transfer among Smallholder Farmers in Central Uganda
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training and Development, 26 (2022) 1, S.55-68 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Twase, Ismail)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3736
DOI	10.1111/ijtd.12236
Schlagwörter	Content Validity; Motivation; Transfer of Training; Agricultural Occupations; Foreign Countries; Mediation Theory; Attitudes; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Ausland; Mediationsverfahren; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	Farmer training is a key strategy for building skills that lead to enhanced productivity of small-scale farmers' fields. This result hinges on farmers transferring the training to their fields. However, the factors that determine the subsequent transfer of training including those with mediating effects are not fully known. A study was conducted to assess the mediating role of perceived content validity on the association of farmers' motivation to implement acquired knowledge with actual training transfer outcomes from a random sample of 603 Ugandan farmers who had received four agricultural related trainings. Using Structural Equation Modelling, results indicated intrinsic motivation ([beta] = 0.246; t = 2.991; p < 0.05) and perceived content validity ([beta] = 0.325; t = 2.693; p < 0.05) to strongly influence training transfer. Intrinsic motivation predicted up to 45% of variance in farmers' perceptions about training design suitability. Perceived content validity mediated the relationship between intrinsic motivations to implement acquired knowledge and training transfer. In order to improve the transfer of learnt knowledge among smallholder farmers, trainers need to pay attention to pre-training efforts, such as adopting a criterion of assessment checklist for identifying highly motivated trainees, as mechanisms for obtaining internally motivated training participants. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01