The purpose of this study is to examine the motivation to
transfer training in a multidimensional way. It investigates
autonomous and controlled motivation and explores the
difference in motivation to transfer according to whether the
employee is enrolled in training on a voluntary or mandatory
basis. This is a cross-sectional hypotheses-testing study.
Data were collected at a large insurance company involving
employees who had participated in training programs in the
previous 6 months. Findings show that when considering
autonomous motivation to transfer, results support the argument
that being voluntarily enrolled in the training program
shows a higher impact on motivation to transfer than being
mandatorily enrolled. When considering controlled motivation
to transfer, results do not support such an argument, probably
because of the nature of controlled motivation to transfer that
in practice reduces the difference in results between the two
types of enrollment.