This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Web of Science (39) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Webster, J. Articles by Martocchio, J. J. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Turning Work into Play: Implications for Microcomputer Software Training

The Pennsylvania State University

Joseph J. Martocchio

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This study examined the effects of task labelling (as play or work) and trainee age on learning outcomes. Results indicate an interaction between task labelling and age: Younger employees who received training labelled as ‘play’ showed higher motivation to learn and performed better in an objective test of software knowledge than older employees. In contrast, no differences were found between younger and older employees receiving training labelled as ‘work‘. Implications for training are discussed.

Journal of Management, Vol. 19, No. 1, 127-146 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/014920639301900109


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				L. D. Sargent, B. C. Allen, J. A. Frahm, and G. Morris Enhancing the Experience of Student Teams in Large Classes: Training Teaching Assistants to be Coaches Journal of Management Education, October 1, 2009; 33(5): 526 - 552. [Abstract] [PDF]

				L. A. Burke and H. M. Hutchins Training Transfer: An Integrative Literature Review Human Resource Development Review, September 1, 2007; 6(3): 263 - 296. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. H. Marler, X. Liang, and J. H. Dulebohn Training and Effective Employee Information Technology Use Journal of Management, October 1, 2006; 32(5): 721 - 743. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. Ofori-Dankwa and S. D. Julian Conceptualizing social science paradoxes using the diversity and similarity curves model: Illustrations from the work/play and theory novelty/continuity paradoxes Human Relations, November 1, 2004; 57(11): 1449 - 1477. [Abstract] [PDF]

				T. C. Brown, S. X. Li, L. D. Sargent, and K. Tasa What Went Wrong at University Hospital? An Exercise Assessing Training Effectiveness Journal of Management Education, August 1, 2003; 27(4): 485 - 496. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. L. Ambrose and C. T. Kulik Old Friends, New Faces: Motivation Research in the 1990s Journal of Management, June 1, 1999; 25(3): 231 - 292. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. Webster and J. J. Martocchio The Differential Effects of Software Training Previews on Training Outcomes Journal of Management, August 1, 1995; 21(4): 757 - 787. [Abstract] [PDF]