Factors That Influence Self-Directed Learning Readiness In Workplace

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that influence self-directed learning readiness. Data were gathered from 120 employee’s from one organization in Perak, Malaysia. Quantitative research methodology is used in this research and the data were collected using questionnaires as the instrument. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were reported, followed by reliability analysis,Spearman’s correlation and hypothesis testing using stepwise multiple regression. The findings have shown that there is a strong relationship between all the four factors (proactive personality, career ambition, job autonomy, task variety) and self-directed learning readiness in the workplace. Besides, findings from this study also indicated that proactive personality is the most dominant among independent variables. The study contributes to the existing pool of knowledge to the organization in Malaysia. It has enhanced both the organization and human resource practitioners’ knowledge and understanding on how self-directed learning readiness is important in the organization. On the other hand, the result of this study could help the organization to improve the quality to ensure the organizations can achieve performance of the employee’s