Technology Acceptance of Online Managerial Finance Training via Massive Open Online Courses for Lifelong Learning

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.