Natural growth goals and short- term training: a boomerang effect
Abstract
The purpose of this research project was to determine the effect of a training session about achieving natural growth goals on perceptions of a university classroom as a learning organisation. The results indicated that a short training session on how to achieve natural growth goals in an organisation appeared to have a boomerang effect on perceptions of a university classroom as a learning organisation. This study should alert us to the inevitable consequence of having our best training efforts backfire when they conflict with powerful, though latent, beliefs or cultural values.
Suggested Citation
Pace, RW, Regan, L, Miller, P & Dunn, L 2002, 'Natural growth goals and short- term training: a boomerang effect', International Journal of Training and Development, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 128-140.
The publisher's version of this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2419.00041