Multilevel study of factors for cultivating self-efficacy in the online game industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 672-694
Author(s):  
Chia-Ying Li ◽  
Chiun-Yi Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Learning Orientation ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractSelf-efficacy is not a phenomenon solely applicable to the individual; it may be applicable to several levels within an organisation. Although the theoretical development of efficacy beliefs has been discussed, few studies have investigated how to enhance self-efficacy through individual motivation or management policies. After collecting data from 414 employees of 38 research and development teams, multilevel analyses are conducted to empirically integrate efficacy beliefs at the individual and team levels in a moderated mediation model. The results indicate that self-efficacy mediates the effects of both learning orientation and affective commitment on group efficacy, which further facilitates innovation effectiveness. Training not only affects self-efficacy, but also moderates the mediation effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between learning orientation and group efficacy. Moreover, goal clarity moderates the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between affective commitment and group efficacy.

scholarly journals The Propensity for Social Entrepreneurship During the Coronavirus Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Kartika Nuringsih, Nuryasman MN, Rita Amelinda
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to explore scholarly the propensity for social entrepreneurship (PSE) under the condition of Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and the large scale of social distancing in Jakarta, Indonesia. Entrepreneurial education is expected to encourage awareness of social problems among students. This research examines the relationship between perceived social supports and PSE. Additionally, it investigates the mediating effect of self-efficacy that links among empathy, moral obligation, and prior experience towards PSE. As many as 180 students filled the questionnaire through google forms during April 22-29th 2020. By using Smart-PLS proves a significant effect of perceived social support toward PSE and discovers the mediation effect on social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The result shows a positive mindset on social entrepreneurship among students whereas this pandemic is as a trigger to intent in social entrepreneurship. It is a mechanism when understanding the social entrepreneurial education for students, thus leaders can utilize to improve regulation in the entrepreneurship learning program.

MEDIATING EFFECT OF SELF-EFFICACY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTION AND STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL REASONING

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Angel Mukuka ◽  
Védaste Mutarutinya ◽  
Sudi Balimuttajjo
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Instructional Approach ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mathematics Self Efficacy

Literature is well-stocked with studies confirming that an instructional approach, self-efficacy, and mathematical reasoning skills are critical for enhancing students’ conceptual understanding and achievement in mathematics. However, there has been little emphasis on establishing whether being able to reason mathematically depends only on the instructional approach or students’ self-efficacy beliefs about mathematics also play a hidden role. A quasi-experimental study involving 301 grade 11 students from six public secondary schools in one district was carried out to investigate the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between instruction and students’ mathematical reasoning. Participants of the study were selected using the cluster random sampling method. Data were collected before and after the intervention via a mathematical reasoning test and a mathematics self-efficacy beliefs questionnaire. A Parallel Multiple Mediator Model in SPSS using the PROCESS custom dialogue version 3.4 was employed for data analysis. Findings suggest that mathematics self-efficacy and task-specific self-efficacy beliefs collectively and significantly mediate the effect of the instructional approach on students’ mathematical reasoning. The Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) was found to be an effective approach for enhancing students’ mathematical reasoning alongside self-efficacy beliefs. These findings provide evidence on the need to select an instructional approach that does not only focus on developing students’ cognitive abilities such as mathematical reasoning but also fosters students’ affective attributes such as maths self-efficacy beliefs.

Age as Moderator of the Relationship Between Self-efficacy and Effort in Occupational Teams

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Laura U A Gärtner ◽  
Guido Hertel
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Working Alone ◽  
Age Moderation

Abstract Demographic changes increase the age range in occupational teams, which has potential consequences for collaboration not only at the team level (age diversity) but also at the individual level regarding how much effort workers expend. By integrating a life span perspective into theories on effort expenditure in teams, we assumed that workers’ chronological age moderates the relationship between task-specific self-efficacy beliefs and effort expenditure in organizational teamwork. More specifically, we assumed that task-specific self-efficacy beliefs are more strongly related with effort for older as compared with younger team members. Hypotheses were tested in 2 online studies (N = 209 and 271 workers, respectively) using the event reconstruction method. Participants were instructed to reexperience specific work events from the last few days (Study 1: 2 teamwork events; Study 2: 1 teamwork event and 1 working-alone event) and to indicate their self-efficacy and effort expenditure in each event. Results of both studies showed the expected age moderation of the self-efficacy–effort link in team settings, whereas no such moderation was observed in working-alone settings in Study 2. Finally, Study 2 also showed a stronger age moderation effect in unfamiliar as compared with familiar tasks.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of self-efficacy in the relationship between communication skills and practices of preventing infectious diseases among daycare center teachers in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Jieun Shin ◽  
Sun Young You
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Daycare Center ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This study investigated the practices of preventing infectious diseases by daycare center teachers. The focus was on the mediating effects of self-efficacy in the relationship between communication skills and practices of preventing infectious diseases.Methods: This study used a descriptive correlational design. The participants were 164 daycare center teachers. Hierarchical regression was used to test the mediating effect of self-efficacy in the relationship between communication skills and practices of preventing infectious diseases. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression. The mediation effect was analyzed using an SPSS Macro program, PROCESS.Results: Significant relationships were found between communication skills and practices of preventing infectious diseases (β=.19, <i>p</i><.001), self-efficacy and practices of preventing infectious diseases (β=.59, <i>p</i><.001), and communication skills and self-efficacy (β=.27, <i>p</i><.001). Self-efficacy had a significant mediating effect (β=.17, 95% confidence interval=0.07~0.29) on practices of preventing infectious diseases.Conclusion: In order to improve practices of preventing infectious diseases among daycare teachers, it is necessary to develop and apply interventions and methods that can increase effective communication skills and self-efficacy.

Cyberbullying: Shaping the use of verbal aggression through normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 4787-4806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Margarida Vieira da Veiga Simão ◽  
Paula Ferreira ◽  
Sofia Mateus Francisco ◽  
Paula Paulino ◽  
Sidclay Bezerra de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Moral Beliefs ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the mediating effect of normative moral beliefs about cyberbullying behavior and self-efficacy beliefs to solve cyberbullying incidents in the relationship between adolescents’ personal moral beliefs and the use of the content from verbal aggressions they witnessed in situations of cyberbullying. A total of 1607 students responded to an open-ended question regarding the content of verbal aggression they observed in cyberbullying situations, as well as questionnaires concerning personal and normative moral beliefs about cyberbullying behavior and self-efficacy beliefs to solve cyberbullying situations. Through content analysis, findings revealed nine distinct categories of content, which are in line with verbal aggression in cyberbullying behavior. Normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relationship between adolescents’ personal moral beliefs and using the content from verbal aggressions to communicate online. These results offer insights to develop authentic and interactive intervention programs that teach adolescents to communicate assertively, as a step toward preventing cyberbullying.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of Vocational Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the Relationship between Big Five and Professional Attitude

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 885-909
Author(s):  
İsa Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Professional Attitude ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, the mediator role of self-efficacy in the relationship between personality traits and attitude towards teaching profession was examined for prospective teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 487 3rd and 4th grade students (356 females and 131 male) studying at Atatürk University Kazım Karabekir Education Faculty in the Spring Semester of 2018-2019 Academic Year and these students were determined by simple random cluster sampling method. This study was designed as a relational study and quantitative methods were used. Three different measurement tools were used in order to determine the personality traits, professional attitude, and self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers. The data were analyzed with different statistical package programs. As a result of tested SEM models and Bootstrap analyses, it was found that self-efficacy had a partial mediator effect on the relationship between agreeableness and neuroticism and attitudes towards teaching profession, and a full mediator effect on the relationship between conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience and attitude towards teaching profession. The results were discussed in the light of related studies and certain conclusions and recommendations were presented.

scholarly journals Psychological Safety and Employee Voice in IT Sector: Parallel Mediation Effect of Affective Commitment and Intrinsic Motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Devi Soumyaja ◽  
Jeeva Kuriakose
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Prosocial Voice ◽  
The Relationship

The study is an attempt to explain the relationship ofpsychological safety on employee voice behaviour byexamining the mediating role of affective commitmentand intrinsic motivation. A questionnaire was distributedamongst 161 IT professionals through conveniencesampling. Mediation Analysis was used to find the effectof the mediators in influencing the relationship betweenpsychological safety and prosocial voice. The resultsuggested psychological safety is parallelly mediated byboth affective commitment and intrinsic motivation,leading to employee prosocial voice. Intrinsic motivationwas found to have a greater mediating effect thanaffective commitment.

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