Demographic Characteristics and Training Transfer: Evidence from Senior Staff Administrators of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

Few studies have been conducted on demographic characteristics of trainees and
training transfer. These studies which are conducted in business organizations in
the Western and Eastern countries have different demographics and also differ in
conclusions. This descriptive study examines the difference between demographic
characteristics and transfer of training among senior staff administrators of
University of Cape Coast (UCC) by formulating and testing five hypotheses. A
questionnaire is used to obtain data from 155 senior staff administrators who
participated in UCC organized training following a stratified random sampling
technique. The data is analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis Tests.
All the hypotheses are supported; there is no statistically significant difference
between demographic characteristics (gender, age, job position, level of education
and work experience) of senior staff administrators and training transfer. The study
concludes that the demographic variables have no role to play in transferring
training and that trainers and human resource professionals may not take into
consideration, the demographic characteristics of trainees when planning for
training.