Keywords
Technology Self- efficacy
Technology
Anxiety
Culture
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Abstract
This review focuses on the sustainability of corporate e-training programs in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The increasing adoption of electronic training across diverse industries worldwide is driven by factors such as cost-effectiveness, time efficiency, and easy access to learning resources. A key advantage is the ability to effectively align resources for employees dispersed across different locations within the same organization. However, despite these benefits, the literature highlights several challenges in aligning employees with e-training platforms. These challenges include employees’ technology self-efficacy and technology-related anxiety. Additionally, research suggests that cultural differences across countries could significantly impact the sustainability of these e-training programmes. The approach highlights how cultural differences influence organisational perspectives on employee development and e-training adoption. The literature review was conducted using databases including SAGE, Emerald, Elsevier, and Google Scholar. The objective of this review is to identify the influencing factors for the sustainability of e-training programs. In the proposed conceptual framework, the sustainability of e-training is identified as the dependent variable. Technology self-efficacy serves as the independent variable, while cultural aspects function as a moderating variable. Additionally, technology anxiety acts as a mediating variable influencing the relationship between technology self-efficacy and the sustainability of e-training. The findings suggest that technology self-efficacy, anxiety, and cultural variation are critical determinants of e-training sustainability. Future research can expand on these relationships and test the framework empirically.
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