Abstract
This exploratory study contributes to the understanding of self-confidence as a predictor of self-efficacy, ease of use, and usefulness of eLearning platforms in corporate training. The present research explored the relationship among the employees’ beliefs regarding self-confidence, grit, ease of use, self-efficacy, and usefulness of eLearning platforms in their workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 307 responses from Romanian employees who used eLearning platforms in corporate training (females = 60.3%, males = 39.7%, age range of less than 24 years (12.1%) to over 55 years (6.2%)) were exploited for research. Data were analyzed through a path analysis model. Results indicate that grit (i.e., consistency of interest), self-efficacy, and perceived ease of use of eLearning platforms were considerably directly influenced by the self-confidence variable. Usefulness was directly influenced by the ease of use and was indirectly influenced by self-confidence. Mediation analysis indicated that full mediation occurs only through the ease of use of eLearning platforms variable in the relationship between self-confidence and usefulness. A unit increase in self-confidence will increase the expected value of grit by 0.54 units (t = 8.39, p < 0.001), will indirectly increase the expected value of usefulness through ease of use by 0.15 units (t = 2.39, p = 0.017), and will increase the expected value of self-efficacy by 0.53 units (t = 6.26, p < 0.001). In addition, perceived ease of use of eLearning platforms in corporate training fully mediated the relationship of usefulness regressed on self-confidence (β = 0.20, t = 2.51, p = 0.012). These novel results reveal the contributions of self-confidence, consistency of interest as a grit dimension, and ease of use of eLearning platforms in predicting lifelong learning solutions, which improve business outcomes. The related investigation and consequences were further considered.
Highlights
Dataset to explore the relationship between self-confidence, self-efficacy, grit, usefulness, and ease of use of eLearning platforms in corporate training during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania is available in Supplementary
Self-efficacy was negatively correlated with grit but positively correlated with self-confidence, ease of use, and usefulness
Grit has no effect on self-efficacy, B = −0.11, t = −1.43, p = 0.152, indicating that H5a was not supported
Summary
Online learning has shown significant growth in new settings imposed by the COVID19 pandemic [1] that has influenced the way of life in general and learning in particular [2,3] Both online work and eTraining have become a target in the context of pandemics and the conditions of physical distancing, but the advantages of this mode of work and instruction will remain after the pandemic has passed. Personalized online training using innovative eLearning platforms is a better solution to educate heterogeneous employees [4]. For this approach, a cloud learning management system (LMS) platform is required [5]. Organizational and individual factors lead to the adoption or not of new technologies among employees in companies
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