A Comparative Study of the Predictive Factors of Learning Transfer to Workplace in Public and Private Hospitals

The effectiveness of organizational training courses depends on learning transfer to workplace; therefore, identifying the predictor’s transfer of learning has become one of the Necessities in human resource development. On the other hand, recent studies support the idea that the predictor’s transfer of learning are influenced by culture and context of each organization. In accordance with this approach, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of moderating type of organization (private or public) in the relationship between organizational factors and learning transfer to workplace.

The present studying terms of the method, is descriptive-correlation. Data collected in late 2017 and early 2018. The statistical population included nursing staff at private hospital of Bu-Ali Sina's and public hospital of Besat in Hamedan. 283 people were selected as a statistical sample by Available sampling method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire for assessing organizational factors and a questionnaire for assessing learning transfer to workplace. Validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by experts, and their reliability were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and moderator regression analysis and multiple regression analysis.

The results showed that the manner of relationship between organizational factors and learning transfer is different in public and private hospitals (t=4.17; P <0.05); this means that in public hospital, two variables of peer support (Beta=0.221; P <0.05) and collaborative climate (Beta=0.195; P <0.05) are the most important predictors of learning transfer to workplace. But in the private hospital, the most important predictors transfer of learning were opportunity to use (Beta=0.526; P <0.05) and supervisor support (Beta=0.260; P <0.05).

According to study findings, the predictors of learning transfer to workplace are different in public and private hospitals. So in order to improve learning transfer to workplace, it is suggested that administrators of government hospitals focus more on promoting collaborative and collaborative climate. But in private hospitals, it's best to focus on improving interactions between supervisors and subordinates and giving more freedom to subordinates.