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The treatment of self‐efficacy among psychology and management scholars
Author(s) -
Elias Steven M.,
Barney Chet E.,
Bishop James W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12007
Subject(s) - psychology , self efficacy , structural equation modeling , social psychology , work (physics) , industrial and organizational psychology , outcome (game theory) , organizational behavior , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , mathematical economics , engineering
Self‐efficacy has become a significant topic of investigation in both the psychological and organizational literatures. While psychology scholars typically insist efficacy beliefs should be treated as being domain specific, management scholars regularly treat efficacy beliefs as being generalized. The current study examines the relationships between generalized self‐efficacy, domain‐specific (i.e., work) self‐efficacy, and two work‐related outcome variables: leader–member exchange and learning. It was hypothesized that work self‐efficacy beliefs would fully mediate the relationships that may exist between generalized self‐efficacy beliefs and the work‐related outcomes under investigation. Data was obtained from state government employees ( n = 133) located in the S outheastern U nited S tates, and structural equation modeling supported this hypothesis. Practical and research implications are discussed.