Impact of Training and Development Interruptions on Employee Growth Mindset: With Special Reference to Covid 19 Outbreak in Public Enterprises of Sri Lanka

The emergence of new skill gaps during covid-19 with the shift in working methods and procedures has emphasized more on training and development needs in upskilling and reskilling employees accordingly. However, since Covid-19 imposed much greater responsibility to governments, budget cuts on fund allocation to training and development impacted employees, especially with a growth mindset, in accordance to Carol Dweck’s incremental theory of intelligence. Accordingly, this research aims to identify the impact of such training and development interruptions on employee growth mindset. Data collection of the study is done using 5-point Likert questionnaires out of a sample consisting managerial and operational level employees of the three highest revenue generating public sector enterprises of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, the study confirms that there is a significant impact on employee growth mindsets due to training and development interruptions which was tested using the individual-level outcomes of employee growth mindset with major training and development interruptions identified by the international labor organization.