RESEARCH ARTICLE
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2018.10955 2365
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All rights reserved Vol. 24, 2365-2369, 2018
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Technology Acceptance of Online Managerial
Finance Training via Massive Open Online Courses
for Lifelong Learning
Fairus Hamdan
1
, Norazah Nordin
1
, Fariza Khalid
1
, Mohamad Siri Muslimin
1
, & Helmi Norman
1,2
1
Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor
2
Center for Teaching and Learning Technologies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor
Financial management is an important part of managing the organization. Nowadays, employees are urged to have basic
financial management to ensure organizational sustainability especially in facing uncertain economic climate i.e. the financial
crisis. However, previous studies have indicated that employees in organizations have limited skills on financial
management, hence causing organizations to have financial managerial issues. An online learning environment seems to have
a potential to solve these limited skills issues through online training via Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Thus, the
purpose of the research is to identify the factors of employee’s acceptance of the online training via MOOCs and to
investigate how these factors can shape employees’ intention to use online training via MOOCs as a medium to improve their
skills in principles of managerial finance. The acceptance of technology is assessed using online surveys based on the
modified Unified Theory Of Acceptance And Use Of Technology (UTAUT). The participants were 94 lifelong learners who
are work in various departments. The result revealed that the employees’ perception of performance expectancy and social
influence (support from management and organization) were identified as significant factors to the intention and use behavior
to have an online training via MOOC.
Keywords: Online Employees Training, Technology Acceptance, Lifelong Learning, Managerial of Finance.
1. INTRODUCTION
Financial management is a crucial part of managing the
organization
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. Ensuring to have smooth running of business
operation as well as the sustainability of an organization,
good financial management is necessary. Thus, employees
from various departments in an organization are liable to
give the necessary supports such as information related
management; sales or operation to ensure the financial
managerial activities can be exercise smoothly. To have
these financial management cycles well-understood and
supported, employees from various departments are
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suggested to have a basic financial management skill
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.
Thus, employees need to be trained or re-trained on basic
managerial finance knowledge to have well smooth finance
related activities. Transformation of existing training
methods from traditional face-to-face approach to online is
impactful and important in promoting skill development
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. It
is paramount to the organization to set the climate of its
organization that supports lifelong learning
3
. However,
acquiring the concept and principles of finance among
employees can be challenging, especially for those
employees without finance and mathematical background
17,
.
Unfortunately, the normal practice of training in enhancing
skills in managerial finance through traditional approach via
workshop and face-to-face training seems need to be