Mediating and moderating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between student academic support and personal growth initiative

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Eyüp Çelik
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Personal Growth Initiative ◽  
Growth Initiative ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Social Support and a Sense of Purpose: The Role of Personal Growth Initiative and Academic Self-Efficacy

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingxue Cai ◽  
Rong Lian
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Personal Growth Initiative ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Growth Initiative ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Objective: Studies have consistently found a positive relationship between social support and a sense of purpose; however, less is known about the underlying mechanisms of this relationship. The present study bridges this gap by proposing and testing a path model illustrating the mediating effects of personal growth initiative and academic self-efficacy on the linkage between social support and a sense of purpose.Method: A total of 2,085 Chinese college students completed the revised versions of the Social Support, Personal Growth Initiative, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Sense of Purpose Scales.Results: The results show that social support, personal growth initiative, and academic self-efficacy were all significantly associated with a sense of purpose. As predicted, personal growth initiative and academic self-efficacy mediated the relationship between social support and a sense of purpose, respectively. The results also support the hypothesized serial mediating effect.Conclusion: Individuals who feel more social support have a higher level of personal growth initiative, their academic self-efficacy is stronger, and their academic self-efficacy further enhances their sense of purpose. Additionally, comparisons among the three indirect effects indicated that the effect of personal growth initiative was significantly greater than those of the other two measures. Thus, it can be concluded that personal initiative plays a greater role in enhancing a sense of purpose. These findings not only help to understand how social support enhances the sense of purpose, but also provide insight into the underlying mechanism.

scholarly journals The role of perceiving calling in career as a mediator in the relationship between personal growth initiative and career commitment among millennials

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda ◽  
Livia Yuliawati
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Personal Growth Initiative ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Growth Initiative ◽  
The Relationship

As the generation dominating the workforce, millennials are reported to have low work engagement and frequent changes in jobs. Since millennials regard that career is not only limited to organization and prefer to seek purpose and self-development at work, career commitment is one of the interesting topics to investigate. The present study aims to examine whether perceiving calling in carer can serve as a mediator to explain the link between personal growth initiative and career commitment among millennials. Participants were 109 millennials aged 18-32 years. Data collection is carried out through online surveys. The result shows that perceiving calling in career fully mediates the relationship between personal growth initiative and career commitment.

Heterosexism and LGB Positive Identity: Roles of Coping and Personal Growth Initiative

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Szymanski ◽  
Renee Mikorski ◽  
Rachel F. Carretta
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Personal Growth Initiative ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Relationship Intimacy ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Growth Initiative ◽  
Moderating Role

To combat the prevailing deficit and dysfunction paradigm, scholars have called for research focusing on LGB individuals from a positive psychology perspective. Thus, we examined the mediating roles of coping with discrimination via resistance and education/advocacy in the relations between heterosexist discrimination and positive LGB identity among 356 LGB persons. We also examined the potential moderating role of personal growth initiative between (a) heterosexist discrimination and five positive LGB identity dimensions, (b) heterosexist discrimination and engagement coping, and (c) engagement coping and the LGB identity dimensions. Findings revealed that coping with discrimination via education/advocacy mediated the relationships between heterosexist discrimination and belonging to the LGB community, commitment to social justice, self-awareness, authenticity, and relationship intimacy links. We also found coping via education/advocacy predicted both commitment to social justice and self-awareness for LGB persons with low and high personal growth initiative, with stronger relations for those with low personal growth initiative.

Organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior: the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangning Zhang ◽  
Yingmei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of organizational identification to employees’ innovative behavior, the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted questionnaires to gather data. The sample of 289 employees working in diverse organizations in China was applied to examine the hypotheses. Findings The results indicates that organizational identification is positively related to employees’ innovative behavior and work engagement mediates the relationship between organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior. In addition, creative self-efficacy enhances the relationship of work engagement and employees’ innovative behavior. Originality/value This study builds a system from psychological aspect to behavior, which includes the effect of individual cognition to explain the mechanism of organizational identification on employees’ innovative behavior.

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