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A field study of employee e‐learning activity and outcomes
Author(s) -
Brown Kenneth G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1151
Subject(s) - workload , supervisor , psychology , autonomy , perception , applied psychology , field (mathematics) , knowledge management , medical education , computer science , management , medicine , neuroscience , political science , law , economics , operating system , mathematics , pure mathematics
Employees with access to e‐learning courses targeting computer skills were tracked during a year‐long study. Employees' perceptions of peer and supervisor support, job characteristics (such as workload and autonomy), and motivation to learn were used to predict total time spent using e‐learning. Results suggest the importance of motivation to learn and workload in determining aggregate time spent in e‐learning courses. Time in courses predicted subsequent differences in computer‐related skill and performance improvement as judged by participants' supervisors. Implications of these findings for the design and administration of e‐learning programs are discussed.