Linking employees’ e-learning system use to their overall job outcomes: An empirical study based on the IS success model

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1628 - 1639
• Main Author: Chen, Hsiu-Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Adult learning; Computer simulation; Distance education; Distance education and telelearning; Distance learning; Distributed learning environments; Education; Empirical analysis; Financing; Joining; Linking; Pedagogical issues; Adult learning; Distributed learning environments; Distance education and telelearning; Pedagogical issues
• ISSN: 0360-1315; 1873-782X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.07.005

e-Learning systems are increasingly being adopted by modern enterprises, because of their cost-down effect. However, the extant literature provides little insight into their beneficial consequences. It is expected that a transfer of acquired knowledge, skills and/or work attitudes to jobs will occur through e-learning systems use. This makes e-learning systems a useful tool for improving job outcomes, although this is not well documented. The IS success model, which captures both the human and technological elements of information systems, provides a theoretical basis for linking system use to system task. The current study then examines the relation between e-learning systems use and overall job outcomes based on the model. The data collected from one hundred and ninety-three e-learning system users were analyzed with partial least square (PLS). The results indicate that e-learning systems are perceived as useful and satisfying by employees, and employees’ e-learning systems use is significantly associated with overall job outcomes. In practice, these results provide a basis for establishing a link between an organization’s investment in e-learning and human capital management. They also lend empirical support to the IS success model.