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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

How managers and training professionals attribute causality for results: Implications for training evaluation

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to explore differences in how managers and training professionals made causal judgements and to compare the processes they used against the processes described in causal attribution theory. Designed to collect information from within the business context, the interview questions were focused on actual events which the participants had experienced in the performance of their business responsibilities.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Brown, Danny Carol
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Johnson, Scott D.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1994 Brown, Danny Carol
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9512308
(UMI)AAI9512308
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22854

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Brown, Danny Carol. How managers and training professionals attribute causality for results: Implications for training evaluation. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/22854