Title: Tone learning styles and tenor learning orientation: effect of learning styles on learning orientation for tomorrow's informated workplace

Authors: Padmalalitha Thennal VenkatesaNarayanan; Rajeswari Thirunavukkarasu

Addresses: Department of Management and Commerce, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur, India ' Department of Management and Commerce, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur, India

Abstract: To build a progressive learning culture, managers in work situations capitalise on different learning styles of employees and accelerate their orientation in the learning process. This research study has empirically tested the effect of learning styles of employees on their learning orientation. Quantitative data regarding learning styles and learning orientation were collected from 270 respondents of 12 manufacturing companies in India. Path analysis was performed through structural equation modelling and the direct and indirect effects of the learning styles were determined by decomposing the structural equations. The study demonstrated that reactive, experimental, deliberative, and inspiring learning styles affect explorative learning orientation and reactive, experimental, harmonic, and inspiring learning styles affect exploitative learning orientation with varying levels of significant impact.

Keywords: learning style; learning orientation; exploitative learning; explorative learning; structural equation model; path analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2022.121608

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2022 Vol.25 No.2, pp.159 - 181

Received: 08 Sep 2020
Accepted: 05 Jan 2021
Published online: 21 Mar 2022 *

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