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Effects of Individual and Social Learning Support on Employees’ Acceptance of Performance-Oriented e-Learning

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Lack of consideration for learners’ perceptions and attitudes toward workplace e-learning applications has been recognized as a key barrier to successful implementation of e-learning initiatives. While integrating the performance-oriented approach to workplace e-learning initiative, there is a need to investigate employees’ acceptance of this technology-mediated learning innovation, which can be substantially influenced by its usefulness for learning. This chapter examines the effects of individual and social learning support provided by the performance-oriented e-learning approach on employees’ acceptance of performance-oriented e-learning in the workplace.

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Wang, M. (2018). Effects of Individual and Social Learning Support on Employees’ Acceptance of Performance-Oriented e-Learning. In: E-Learning in the Workplace. Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64532-2_13

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