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Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues Open access
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Received: 2020-06-24  |  Accepted:   |  Published: 2020-12-30

Title

The influence of training content, learning and training transfer on training effectiveness: a case study of board members of non-profit organizations in Gauteng


Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand the effectiveness of National Development Agency (NDA) training; the study investigates the effects of training design characteristics (training content) and learning on training effectiveness. The study looked into the effect of training design factor consisting of training content and acquisition of skills and knowledge of trainees on training effectiveness in training program attended by Board members of NPOs in Gauteng Province. About 200 respondents from different NPOs in the Gauteng province of South Africa who attended the NPO Compliance and Governance training participated in the study through an online survey. Training content and learning of trainees have a significant effect on training effectiveness. Furthermore, the respondents indicated that their NPOs did not improve on their poor governance and non-compliance to the NPO Act as a result of the NDA training.


Keywords

training content, learning, training transfer, training effectiveness, non-profit organizations


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/739


DOI


Pages

947-959


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Authors

Kraai, Nthabiseng
National Development Agency, Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.nda.org.za
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Mashau, Pfano
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa http://www.ukzn.ac.za
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

8


Number

2


Issue date

December 2020


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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