AbstractThis study was conducted in four electronics companies in Shenzhen, China. It employs a transfer model that argues that training develops only potential capacity in trainees. The transfer of training in the workplace depends on organizational factors that facilitate the utilization of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) gained in the training setting.Analyses indicate that training, recently adopted nationwide in industry in China, is related to transfer behavior. In addition, organizational variables that encourage application of KSA in the workplace promote the transfer of training. Among the organizational variables, supervision appears to be the most influential.The study's findings also suggest that management concepts and practices for organizing a modern workplace are important in improving productivity in a newly developed industria! zone in China.