Self-efficacy and work-related performance: The integral role of individual differences

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Judge, Timothy A.; Jackson, Christine L.; Shaw, John C.; Scott, Brent A.; Rich, Bruce L.
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Mississippi State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.107
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 107-127
• 关键词: self-efficacy; motivation; personality; Cognitive ability; performance

摘要

The present study estimated the unique contribution of self-efficacy to work-related performance controlling for personality (the Big 5 traits), intelligence or general mental ability, and job or task experience. Results, based on a meta-analysis of the relevant literatures, revealed that overall, across all studies and moderator conditions, the contribution of self-efficacy relative to purportedly more distal variables is relatively small. Within moderator categories, there were several cases in which self-efficacy made unique contributions to work-related performance. For example, self-efficacy predicted performance in jobs or tasks of low complexity but not those of medium or high complexity, and self-efficacy predicted performance for task but not job performance. Overall, results suggest that the predictive validity of self-efficacy is attenuated in the presence of individual differences, though this attenuation does depend on the context.