Psychosocial Demands at the workplace – Will it hamper self- directed learning in the IT sector?

Psychosocial Demands at the workplace - Will it hamper self- directed learning in the IT sector?

Kishore Kanna G H¹, Dr. Kirupa Priyadarshini M²,

PG Scholar¹ Associate Professor-HR², PSG Institute of Management,

Coimbatore

Abstract

Organizations have understood the importance of IT as an integral part of the infrastructure to thrive in the competitive market. Self-directed learning is the new flavour for the current workforce, with digital disruption happening in all the leading industries and companies. It is easy for learners to choose what they learn but some organizations find it difficult to convince them of their learning approach. On one hand, experts believe that there is a huge skill shortage and that sharing knowledge is very critical. On the other hand, for HR professionals, one of the biggest challenges is to get people to learn when they are not inclined toward learning. To add to it, nowadays employees believe in learning in their own way. It also makes them ready to battle any change in technology through such learning. It further aims to measure the level of self-directed learning in the IT sector. The overall aim of the research paper is to assess the Impact of social support, psychological demands, and Skill discretion on Self-directed learning.