Motivation to learn, mobile learning and online learning climate: moderating role of learner interaction

Deepika Swain is a Doctoral Scholar in the area of human resource management in School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. She happens to be a Research Associate for close to a decade at XLRI, Jamshedpur. She has gained adequate experience in International Human Resource Management while pursuing her masters in International Business at GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade, Visakhapatnam. Her stint at XLRI, exposed her to the research areas of branding, social and societal marketing. Her research interests are in the areas of neuroscientific interventions in business, neuro-leadership, neuro-counselling, positive psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management.

Lalatendu Kesari Jena is an Assistant Professor (OB and HR) in School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 19 years of experience in both academics and corporate HR (with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Defence PSU), including seven years as Faculty Member in HR at ICFAI University, Hyderabad, India and Central University of Orissa, India. He specializes in the areas of human resource planning, performance management, learning and development and talent assessment. His research interest lies in areas such as HRM and sustainable development goals; self-steering, self-organizing teams and leadership; job crafting; job insecurity; millennial’s and work ethics; return on Investment in HR programs; sustainable HR through disruptive leadership; attitude and productivity; joy at work; workplace persuasion; employee retention and leadership challenges; abusive supervision; performance in multi-tasking environment; stress and coping; meaningful engagement and he has published papers on them in tiered national and international journals. He has completed his PhD from IIT Kharagpur, India (#=314 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021), on the topic “Workplace Spirituality and Human Resource Effectiveness” and is pursuing Post Doctorate on “Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges” at Loyola Leadership School, Universidad Loyola, Seville, Spain (ranked #581-590 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021). A passionate trainer, Prof L K has conducted several corporate training sessions and leadership workshops for organizations across diverse industries.

Sanket Sunand Dash is an Assistant Professor (OB and HRM) in Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Rohtak, India. He has more than 9 years of experience in both academics and corporates, including four years with Deloitte US India and four years with School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar. He specializes in the areas of public service motivation, performance management, organizational structure and design and strategy consulting. His research interest lies in areas such as public service motivation; job crafting; perceptions of performance management and employee training. He has completed his PhD from IIM Ahmedabad, India, on the topic “Antecedents and Consequences of Job Crafting among School Teachers”.

Rama Shankar Yadav is a faculty in the area of Human Resource Management at Indian Institute of Management Rohtak. He has completed Fellow Program in Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He worked as an HR Manager with Tata Motors for two years before joining his doctoral studies. Prior to IIM Rohtak, he was teaching at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. Dr Yadav is also serving as an Associate Editor for Indian Journal of Human Relations and Indian Journal of Social Science Researches.