Training

Training Transfer Models - Training effectiveness relies on learners applying what they are taught back to the target environment. Unfortunately, most work treats this transfer effect as a single outcome and we know little about how or why people choose to transfer their learning over time. We are building theoretical and computational models about that transfer decision process to design better ways to target support in the transfer environment and enhance overall training effectiveness.

Self-Regulated Learning Dynamics - Using extensive datasets from the US Special Forces, we are investigating contextual and personal factors which influence the self-regulation processes driving training outcomes during training events. Those factors include trainer behaviors, trainee goal orientations, and learner efficacy-performance dynamics which we can tie to eventual transfer outcomes.

Diversity Training - Organizations often address their diversity goals through providing diversity training interventions. Unfortunately, many of these efforts fail, are ineffective, and can even lead to harmful backlash. We need to design better trainings and target those trainings more specifically where the right type of training is provided more directly to the people who need it at the right time. We are working on projects to provide that guidance and build new training platforms which can provide diversity training in ways which remove unnecessary burden from underrepresented populations.

• Davis, J., Eggler, K., Barthes, H., *Kann, R., *Monaghan, P., *Bales, E., & Olenick, J. (in press). From framing to training: Using training needs analysis to tailor DEI training. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.

• Olenick, J., Blume, B., & Ford, J. K. (2020). Advancing training and transfer research through the application of nonlinear dynamics. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(4), 541-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1681501 (IF: 4.9)

• Blume, B., Ford, J. K., Surface, E., & Olenick, J. (2019) A dynamic model of training transfer. Human Resource Management Review, 29, 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.11.004 (IF: 10.7)

• Fernandez, R., Rosenman, E.D., Chipman, A.K., …Olenick, J., … & Chao, G.T. (2019). Translating simulation-based team leadership training into patient-centered outcomes. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 3(1), p.57-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2019.136 (IF: 4.5)