The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of learning goal orientation, perceived organizational support for E-learning, and perceived utility of the training measured after training on overall training satisfaction and motivation to tran...
The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of learning goal orientation, perceived organizational support for E-learning, and perceived utility of the training measured after training on overall training satisfaction and motivation to transfer and to examine mediating role of motivation to learn in the process. Study participants were 104 employees of a R&D institute who voluntarily enrolled in one of the E-learning courses, which were provided two E-learning providers. The data were collected using two waves of internet surveys, one at the start of the training and the other after the training. The results showed that learners' learning goal orientation and perceived organizational support to the E-learning were positively related to both overall satisfaction and motivation to transfer. Furthermore, the effects of learning goal orientation and perceived organizational support on overall training satisfaction and motivation to transfer were fully mediated by motivation to learn. Finally, perceived utility of the training explained incremental variance in overall satisfaction and motivation to transfer over and above the effects of motivation to learn. The results suggest that individual traits and perceived organizational support influence training effectiveness via motivation to learn, and perceived utility based on job relatedness of the training contents also plays an important role in training effectiveness.