Trainee Characteristics and Organizational Environment for Enhancing Individual Performance in e-Learning Involvement

Despite the emerging development of information technology which has significantly contributed to the learning organization enhancement, many organizations still find a great challenge to fully optimize the use of e-learning by their employees in order to enhance their individual performance. The objective of this article is to investigate what factors actually determine an effective training performance which leads to high individual performance from online training and e-learning. Drawing from the self-determination and institutional learning theories, trainee characteristics and organizational environment constructs were determined to investigate whether they have an impact on the individual performance of the employees. 203 employees in private sector in the Sabah state of Malaysia were used to test the research hypotheses. The research provides a significant insight and better understanding on how organizations better utilize the e-learning environment to enhance the learning process of their employees.