scholarly journals Factors related to emigration self-efficacy among university students in Slovakia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Hajduch ◽  
O Orosová
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Emigration self-efficacy (ESE) as the confidence in onés ability to successfully handle migration is an important characteristic of a migrant. We hypothesized that positive migration experience might increase ESE. We also explored whether personality factors such as extraversion, openness to experience, neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness might be related to the ESE of young people (under 30 years old) in Slovakia. The moderation effect of gender in the relationship between the independent variables and ESE was also tested. Methods The sample consisted of 474 students from Slovakia (76.8% women, M = 22.4, SD = 2.13) all participating in the Student Life Cohort Study (SLiCE 2016) which focuses on the emigration intentions and risk behaviour of university students. The data were collected via an online survey. Standard multiple regression was used and the analysis was adjusted for gender. Results The model explained 23.1% of the variance in ESE. An evaluation of migration experience was found to make the largest unique contribution in explaining ESE (β = 0.317, pα<0.001). Regarding personality factors, only neuroticism was found to be significantly related to ESE (β=-0.155, pα<0.05). The main effect of gender was also significant (β=-0.179, pα<0.001) with males scoring higher in ESE although the moderation effect of gender in the relationship between the independent variables and ESE was not significant. Conclusions This study provides an insight into the role of personality factors and evaluation of migration experience in relation to ESE among Slovak university students. Future research may focus on a deeper exploration of the other factors affecting neuroticism, as reducing the level of neuroticism could be beneficial in experiencing healthier and safer migration and adaptation process. Key messages A more positive migration experience and lower level of neuroticism are related to emigration self-efficacy among university students in Slovakia. Emigration self-efficacy is an important factor of healthy migration.

Does participation in case competitions improve career decision-making self-efficacy of university students?

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 659-675
Author(s):  
Maria S. Plakhotnik ◽  
Anastasiia V. Krylova ◽  
Anna D. Maslikova
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between participation in case competitions and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) of university students.Design/methodology/approachThe sample included 273 Russian university students; 109 (40%) of them had never participated in case competitions, whereas 164 (60%) participated at least once in case competitions related to business, management and economics. Data were collected via an online survey that included the CDMSE scale–short form. Descriptive, correlation and linear regression analyses of data were conducted to test five hypotheses.FindingsThe research study showed a significant difference in CDMSE between those who had never participated in case competitions and those who had participated at least once. However, the study did not show a significant influence of participation in case competitions on the level of CDMSE. The results also indicated that the level of CDMSE could be explained by the participants' work experience, career choice status and age, as well as the highest level achieved during participation in case competitions.Research limitations/implicationsThe study provides limitations and implications for future research as well as practice, including career centers and career counselors, university faculty, organizers of case competitions and recruitment specialists in organizations.Originality/valuePrior research suggests that participation in case competitions helps students’ transition into the workplace. Despite their global popularity, empirical research on case competitions is very limited and focused primarily on skill development. This study contributes to the knowledge base by exploring links between case participation and CDMSE.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Personality Traits, Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Adaptation among University Students in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Mohammed H. Abood ◽  
Bassam H. Alharbi ◽  
Fatin Mhaidat ◽  
Ahmad M. Gazo
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Academic Adaptation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

The current study investigates the relationship between personality traits according to the big five personality factors model, academic self-efficacy and academic adaptation among Hashemite University students in light of gender and specialization. The purposive sample consisted of 546 under graduated students, 258 males and 306 females. Three scales are used: the Five Factor Model (FFM), for academic self-efficacy and for academic adaption. The results show statistically significant differences in the average of participants’ degrees attributed to efficacy and academic adaption in favor of females and scientific specializations. They also show that agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience, extroversion and neuroticism are most common among university students, with a statistically significant positive correlation between extroversion, openness to experience, academic self-efficacy and academic adaption and a negative correlation between neuroticism, conscientiousness, academic self-efficacy and academic adaption. No correlation was found between agreeableness and these two variables.

scholarly journals Effects of grit on organizational citizenship behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoo Jin Lee ◽  
Yonghwan Shin ◽  
Jiyoung Park ◽  
Young Woo Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of grit at work. Especially, this study investigated the effects of grit, known as a personal success factor, on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) which is voluntary behavior for the organization and colleagues. In addition, we focused on the mediation effect of job positive affect and occupational self-efficacy on the relationship between grit and OCB. Results from an online survey undertaken with Korean workers showed that grit had a positive effect on OCB when conscientiousness was controlled for. Moreover, job positive affect mediated the relationship between grit and OCB. On the other hand, occupational self-efficacy did not mediate the relationship. We discussed the implications of these results, study limitations, and practical suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals The effect of leader empowering behavior on work engagement

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
HyeSeon Kim ◽  
Jinkook Tak
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among leader empowering behavior, job crafting and work engagement. Specially, this study investigated not only the influence of leader empowering behavior on job crafting and work engagement that is mediated by job crafting but also the moderating effects of core-self evaluation and person-job fit on the relationships between leader empowering behavior and job crafting and between job crafting and work engagement. Data were collected among 312 korean employees who were working in various organization via online survey. Online survey was conducted by 312 korean employees who were working in various organizations. First, correlation analyses were conducted and the results showed that there were positive relationship among main variables such as leader empowering behavior, job crafting, work engagement and etc.. Second, the results of structural equitation modeling analyses offered strong support for the proposed model(partial mediation model). Employees who were empowered by leader were most likely to craft their job, relationship and cognitive boundary and boost work engagement; job crafting, in turn, was predictive of work engagement. Third the results of hierarchial regression analyses showed that core-self evaluation did not moderate the relationship between leader empowering behavior and job crafting. However, there was a moderation effect of person-job fit on the relationship between job crating and work engagement. Employees who did job crafting had a greater impact on work engagement under the low person-job fit situation than the high fit situation. The implications and limitations of this study and the directions for future research were discussed on the basis of the results.

scholarly journals Role of Self Efficacy as a Moderator in the Relationship of Psychological Distress, Psychosocial Adjustment and Educational Adjustment among University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-146
Author(s):  
Dr Samina Rashid ◽  
Maryam Khurshid ◽  
Hina Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
General Self Efficacy

Psychological distress is a well-known term that has serious effect on the individual’s psychological and physical health. Now-a-days, it has become a topic of great concern for the psychosocial and educational adjustment amongst university students. The present study investigated the relationship between psychological distress, psychosocial adjustment and educational adjustment among university students. It also explored the moderating impact of self-efficacy on these variables. Data were collected from 304 university students (male=151, female=153). Kessler k10 Scale, General Self-efficacy Scale, Brief Adjustment Scale, Academic Adjustment Scale and Social Adjustment Scale were used to measure the study variables. Results of the current study revealed the inverse relationship between psychological distress, psychosocial and educational adjustment. Findings of regression analysis revealed that self-efficacy moderated the relationship between psychological distress, psychosocial adjustment and educational adjustment. Moreover, female students experienced more psychological distress as compared to male students. Results were discussed and limitations, suggestions and implications were presented for future research.

scholarly journals Politics of Nostalgia and Populism: Evidence from Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ezgi Elçi
Keyword(s):  
Direct Effect ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Party Preference ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This article scrutinizes the relationship between collective nostalgia and populism. Different populist figures utilize nostalgia by referring to their country's ‘good old’ glorious days and exploiting resentment of the elites and establishment. Populists instrumentalize nostalgia in order to create their populist heartland, which is a retrospectively constructed utopia based on an abandoned but undead past. Using two original datasets from Turkey, this study first analyzes whether collective nostalgia characterizes populist attitudes of the electorate. The results illustrate that collective nostalgia has a significantly positive relationship with populist attitudes even after controlling for various independent variables, including religiosity, partisanship, satisfaction with life and Euroscepticism. Secondly, the study tests whether nostalgic messages affect populist attitudes using an online survey experiment. The results indicate that Ottoman nostalgia helps increase populist attitudes. Kemalist nostalgia, however, has a weak direct effect on populist attitudes that disappears after controlling for party preference.

The Relationship between Mentoring Functions and Employee Performance: Mediating Effects of Protégé Relational Self-Efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shoukat Malik ◽  
Muhammad Kashif Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Mentoring Functions ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational scholars concurred that positive workplace relationships with others can helps employee to gain from these relationships but, they lack insights into how or why this occurs. Moreover, the relationship dynamics focus on what the relationships provide without considering the how these relationships initiated, builds and maintains. To line of this, the current study aims to find the impact of mentoring functions (career, psychosocial, role modeling) and employee performance (career success, organization citizenship behavior, and job performance) via mediating effect of relational self-efficacy. For this purpose, the data were gathered from 310 branch banking employees of Pakistani conventional banks. PLS-SEM was used for data analysis. The results indicate that there is direct relationship between mentoring functions and employee’s performance. Moreover, the finding also shows that employee relational self-efficacy mediates the relationship between mentoring functions and employee performance. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed along with suggestions for future research.

The Mediating Effect of English Self-efficacy on the Relationships between Motivation to Learn, Intention to Share Knowledge, and Job Performance Among Military Personnel

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Siti Haizam Mohd Zin ◽  
Mohammad Nazri
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Interactions ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
The Relationship

Extensive research on the relationship between employees' use of English in the workplace and their job performance has revealed that the use of English at work leads to increased job performance and positive interactions among staff. In relation to this, a good command of English among military staff, especially officers, is of great importance to the Armed Forces, as military personnel often serve abroad and need to be proficient in communicating their instructions and orders to a foreign team. Previous research has also shown that self-efficacy is a significant predictor of job performance; however, the role of self-efficacy in learning English language skills has not been widely explored as mediator in the relationship between motivation to learn, intention to share knowledge, and job performance. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a conceptual framework that can be used to improve the understanding of English self-efficacy and its relationship with employees’ motivation to learn, intention to share knowledge, and capability to complete a given task. This framework informs and guides future research that will test the hypothesized relationships. The findings would assist the English Department of the Education Directorate of the Malaysian Armed Forces to design or revise military training syllabi and approaches.

scholarly journals Predeath Grief, Resourcefulness, and Perceived Stress Among Caregivers of Partners With Young-Onset Dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 973-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karie Ruekert Kobiske ◽  
Abir K. Bekhet ◽  
Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal ◽  
Marilyn Frenn
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Young Onset ◽  
Young Onset Dementia ◽  
The Relationship

More than 200,000 Americans are currently diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD). YOD is dementia diagnosed prior to the age of 65. Most persons of YOD are cared for by their partners. Using the theoretical framework of Resilience Theory, this cross-sectional, correlational study examined the moderating effects of personal and social resourcefulness on the relationship between predeath grief and perceived stress among 104 YOD caregiving partners (life partners/spouses) using an online survey platform. Results indicated a large positive correlation between predeath grief and caregiver perceived stress ( r = .65; p < .001). Together predeath grief, personal resourcefulness and social resourcefulness explained 51.5% of the variance in perceived stress. Personal resourcefulness did not moderate the relationship. Social resourcefulness did positively moderate this relationship between predeath grief and perceived stress. These findings allow for a better understanding of the caregiving experience for a partner with YOD and creates opportunities for future research studies.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Language Proficiency Level and L2 Digital Literacy Self-efficacy: A Study of EFL University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Relationship

The evolving digitization of teaching and learning in higher education institutions requires students to be digitally literate (Miller 2015). Despite the echoes of being “digital natives” (Prensky 2001), many EFL students experience difficulties when locating, retrieving, evaluating, and synthesizing digital information at their disposal, especially when the information is in English. To this end, this study is conducted to scrutinize the relationship between EFL students’ second language (L2) digital literacy skills and strategies (DLSs) self-efficacy and their English proficiency level. A total of 93 Saudi students majoring in English at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University were surveyed for their English proficiency level and their abilities to use three major domains of digital literacy skills. The data were analyzed statistically using descriptive measures and ANOVA. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between English proficiency and L2 DLSs. Students with intermediate and upper-intermediate English levels displayed low efficacy in their abilities to navigate, evaluate, and synthesize online information compared to advanced English users. The study concluded that students with higher English proficiency are more responsive to digital literacy skills and can perform well in digitally enhanced environments than basic English users. Pedagogical implications and areas for future research are discussed.

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