scholarly journals Experiences of Cyber Harassment and Social Adjustment in Female University Students: Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-544
Author(s):  
Sumaira Ayub ◽  
Farah Malik
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Identity Information ◽  
Cyber Harassment ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Moderating Role

The present study investigated the moderating role of self-efficacy in relationship between experiences of cyber harassment experiences and social adjustment in female university students. A purposive sample of 365 female students of universities in Lahore with age ranging from 17-30 years (M = 20.93, SD = 2.39) was taken. Urdu versions of Cyber Harassment Experience Scale (Ayub & Malik, 2017), Generalized Self-efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), Bell’s Social Adjustment Scale (Bell, 1934), and Coping with Cyber Harassment Questionnaire-modified (Ayub & Malik, 2017) were used. The results showed that overall experience of cyber harassment was not related with social adjustment; however, one of its subscales unauthorized use of identity information showed negative relationship with social adjustment. Further, the results showed negative relationship between overall experiences of cyber harassment and self-efficacy, while a positive relationship was found between self-efficacy and social adjustment. The results of moderation through hierarchical regression indicated nonsignificant interaction between self-efficacy and unauthorized use of identity information subscale of experiences of cyber harassment. Further, internal coping and reporting response (external coping) positively and no. of social media friends negatively predicted social adjustment in female university students.

Entrepreneurial intention of Indian university students: the role of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurship education

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 843-861
Author(s):  
Aamir Hassan ◽  
Imran Saleem ◽  
Imran Anwar ◽  
Syed Abid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial intention of Indian university students. This paper also examines the moderating role of entrepreneurship education and gender on the opportunity recognition–intention and self-efficacy–intention relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected through a comprehensive questionnaire from 334 students having business and management background. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to ensure the reliability and validity of all the constructs, and structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThis study unveils three important findings. First, opportunity recognition and self-efficacy both show a significant positive impact on the entrepreneurial intention of students. Second, education positively moderates “self-efficacy–intention relationship”, and third, gender negatively moderates “opportunity recognition–intention” and “self-efficacy–intention” relationships.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has been carried out using a sample of students from only one university, and the study included only business and management background students. Similar studies can be conducted by adding more motivational and contextual factors with an increased sample size of students having different educational backgrounds.Practical implicationsThis study provides pragmatic support to formulate new educational initiatives that can support students in their present or future entrepreneurial projects.Originality/valueThis study adds to the scarce literature on opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial intention and also highlights the moderating role of entrepreneurship education and gender on opportunity recognition–intention and entrepreneurial self-efficacy–intention relationships.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Intention: The Moderating Role of Improvisation on Student Faculty of Economics, State University of Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-335
Author(s):  
Desi Anggrianto ◽  
Ery Tri Djatmika ◽  
Wening Patmi Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
State University ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Moderating Role

Scholars and students are believed to be capable of becoming educated entrepreneurs and opening job vacancies to overcome unemployment. This research was carried out to investigate the entrepreneurial intention of students of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, in which the entrepreneurial intention is the closest to the act of entrepreneurship. This research is a quantitative study using analysis techniques hierarchical regression. The results showed that entrepreneurial intention was influenced by self-efficacy and improvisation, while personality and subjective norms did not affect the entrepreneurial intention. The interaction relationship between self-efficacy and improvisation affected negatively on entrepreneurial intentions. Male students were found to have higher entrepreneurial intentions than women.

scholarly journals Perceived Gambling Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Parrado-González ◽  
Fermín Fernández-Calderón ◽  
José C. León-Jariego
Keyword(s):  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Adolescent Gambling ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Gambling Frequency

Abstract Geographic accessibility has been linked to gambling behavior, but little is known about whether the perception of gambling availability in both offline and online venues is prospectively associated with adolescent gambling behavior. Further, relatively few studies have analyzed the interaction between environmental and individual factors in explaining adolescent gambling and problem gambling. This prospective study examined the association between perceived gambling availability, gambling frequency, and problem gambling among 554 adolescents aged 13–17 years (mean = 15.1, female 47.4%) and explored the moderating role of self-efficacy to control gambling in these associations. Participants completed assessments of perceived gambling availability and gambling self-efficacy at baseline. Gambling frequency and problem gambling were measured at follow-up. Two separate hierarchical regression models were applied to analyze the relationship of perceived gambling availability with gambling behavior and the moderating role of gambling self-efficacy. Results showed that a greater perception of gambling availability was associated with a higher gambling frequency and more problem gambling in adolescents. The impact of perceived gambling availability on gambling frequency and problem gambling was lower among participants with moderate gambling self-efficacy in comparison with participants with low gambling self-efficacy. In those adolescents with high self-efficacy to control gambling, perceived gambling availability was not associated either with gambling frequency or problem gambling. These results suggest the usefulness of implementing regulatory policies aimed at reducing gambling availability in adolescents, and the design of preventative interventions aimed at enhancing self-efficacy to control gambling.

scholarly journals Does Science Literacy Guarantee Resistance to Health Rumors? The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy of Science Literacy in the Relationship between Science Literacy and Rumor Belief

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2243
Author(s):  
Lingnan He ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
Xiling Xiong ◽  
Xiqian Zou ◽  
Kaisheng Lai
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Science Literacy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Public Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Remedy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Health rumors not only incite unnecessary fears and skepticism, but may also cause individuals to refuse effective remedy and thus delay their treatment. Studies have found that health literacy may help the public identify the falsity of health rumors and avoid their negative impact. However, whether other types of literacy work in helping people disbelieve health rumors is still unknown. With a national survey in China (N = 1646), our study examined the effect of science literacy on rumor belief and further analyzed the moderating role of self-efficacy of science literacy in their relationship. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that science literacy significantly decreased the likelihood of people believing in health rumors, and moderator analysis showed that self-efficacy of science literacy plays a moderating role in this relationship; such that the relationship between science literacy and health rumor belief would be weakened if one′s self-efficacy of science literacy was low. This finding reveals that during campaigns to combat health rumors, improving and enhancing the self-efficacy of people′s science literacy is an effective way to prevent them from believing in health rumors. Our study highlights the benefits of science education in public health and the improvement of public science literacy.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Jealousy and Subjective Happiness Among University Students: Moderating Role of Self-Esteem

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-409
Author(s):  
Ghazala Fazaldad ◽  
Sameena Iqbal ◽  
Bushra Hassan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The main aim of present study is to test the associations between perceived jealousy, subjective happiness, and self-esteem. Moreover, it also aimed to test the role of self-esteem as a moderator between jealousy and subjective happiness. Our sample comprised of 200 university students using purposive convenient sampling technique including 100 male and 100 female students. For data collection we used Perceived Jealousy Scale (Iqbal, Fazaldad, & Hassan, 2019), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999).Findings indicate a significant negative relationship between perceived jealousy and subjective happiness (r=-.32, p <.001), and a positive relationship between subjective happiness and self-esteem. Furthermore, self-esteem acts as a moderator between perceived jealousy and subjective happiness. This study is beneficial in finding ways to enhance the self-esteem of students so that they can deal with negative emotions of jealousy and can experience positive emotions of happiness.

scholarly journals The Impact of Dominant Predictors on University Students’ Creativity through Creative Self-efficacy in Shaanxi China: The Moderating Role of Motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Guo ◽  
Shadi Kafi Mallak
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Learning Goal Orientation ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Studies on creativity have identified critical individual and contextual variables that contribute to individuals’ creative performance. Ceative self-efficacy has also served as a critical mediating mechanism linking a variety of individual and contexual factors to people’s creative performance. However, the factors influence the relationship between creative self-efficacy and creativity have not yet been systematically investigated. In this study, the author explores potential processes that motivation moderate the relationship between creative self-efficacy and university students creativity under the effects of three dominant predictors like openness to experience, learning goal orientation and team learning behavior.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF WORK ENGAGEMENT ON TURNOVER INTENTION: MODERATION BY PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL IN INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (0) ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta ◽  
Musarrat Shaheen
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Employee Turnover Intention ◽  
Moderating Role

With increased number of employment opportunities in India, employers are increasingly finding it difficult to control employee turnover. Nonetheless, positive psychologists argue that one of the ways to face this challenge is by understanding the positive factors such as, work engagement and personal resources that negatively affect employees’ turnover intention. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the moderating role of psychological capital in the work engagement – employee turnover intention relationship. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze a sample of 228 employees working in diverse industries. The findings indicate that psychological capital moderates the relationship between work engagement and intention to turnover. The findings augment the theory of self and role by identifying moderating role of personal resources in strengthening the negative relationship between work engagement and turnover intention. Managers may take steps to enhance the employee-co-worker and employee-supervisor relationship either by promoting team related activities or by enabling their employees to work independently. Also, in order to save the cost of hiring a new candidate and losing an experienced employee, managers may create mechanisms for measuring work engagement of at least their key employees or a regular basis. This paper fulfils an identified need to study how psychological capital plays a key role in affecting the work engagement–employee turnover intention relationship in Indian context.

The role of extracurricular activities in shaping university students' employment self-efficacy perceptions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Kanar ◽  
Dave Bouckenooghe
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe present study aimed to understand how participation in university extracurricular activities has a beneficial or detrimental impact on students’ employment self-efficacy through the intervening mechanism of information search strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data from active job-searching university students across two time-points and hypothesized that the breadth of extracurricular activity participation would positively impact employment self-efficacy perceptions and information search strategies (focused, exploratory and haphazard) would mediate this relationship.FindingsResults indicate that the breadth of students' participation in extracurricular activities was positively associated with employment self-efficacy perceptions, and this relationship was mediated by focused and exploratory information-search strategies. Extracurricular activities exhibited a negative relationship with a haphazard search strategy.Research limitations/implicationsThis research extends the understanding of the role of participation in extracurricular activities for influencing a job search. Future research may replicate these findings with different samples of job seekers.Practical implicationsExtracurricular activities are typically offered at universities as a way for students to develop skills and to improve employers' perceptions of students. The present results suggest that participating in extracurricular activities may also help university students to effectively conduct a self-directed job search.Originality/valueWe examined the role of extracurricular activities from the applicant's perspective, extending prior research examining extracurricular activities from the employer's perspective. The present results suggest that extracurricular activities play an important role in shaping the job search process of university students by influencing students' confidence for finding employment. Information search strategies mediated the effects of extracurricular activities on employment self-efficacy perceptions, suggesting that participating in extracurricular activities changed the way that applicants searched for jobs.

scholarly journals Impact of organizational politics on proactive behavior of government employees: the moderating role of self-efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 385-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauzan Ali Rasyid ◽  
M Sandi Marta
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Government Employees ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

In today’s organizational environment, human resources are seen to be one of the most crucial assets that must be maintained, particularly the existence of employees’ proactive behavior, which is needed for the sustainability of organizational performance. One factor, which may affect the employees’ proactive behavior, is organizational politics. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational politics on proactive behavior of government employees and to test further whether this effect was moderated by self-efficacy. This study used a quantitative approach with an exploratory method to answer the proposed hypothesis. The samples were 310 local government employees in Bandung district, Cimahi City, Bandung City, and West Bandung Regency, Indonesia. For processing the data and testing the hypotheses, this research employed Moderated Regression Analysis by using STATA 13. The results showed that organizational politics has a negative effect on the proactive behavior of government employees, and the moderation effect of self-efficacy can weaken the negative relationship between organizational politics and proactive behavior. The study, therefore, makes a valuable contribution regarding the additional evidence to the organization within this field.

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