scholarly journals An Understanding of Implicit Followership Toward New Employees' Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Xue-Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Workplace Friendship ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Under turbulent, boundaryless, and Internet age, the characteristics of career sustainability development have shifted from the perspective of development within the organization to the career development track of self-efficacy. New employees usually face the difficult stage of adapting to the new environment and establishing interpersonal relationships with new colleagues. When new employees enter an organization, they usually have different implicit followership cognitions. Previous studies have focused on the treatment of new employees by the organization and the leader, however, the implicit followership cognitive state of new employees has not been studied specifically. This research integrates employees' positive and negative implicit followership, perceived supervisor support, workplace friendship, and perceived self-efficacy into a research framework. This study used a questionnaire survey by an online professional survey website. A total of 394 valid questionnaires were collected. Structural equation model (SEM) analysis was carried out and according to the results, new employees' positive and negative implicit followership significantly affects perceived supervisor support. Furthermore, perceived supervisor support had a significant impact on perceived self-efficacy. Moreover, perceived supervisor support was found in a mediating role between the relationship of implicit followership theories and perceived self-efficacy. Finally, workplace friendship was found to be a significant moderator in the relationship between perceived supervisor support and perceived self-efficacy. Based on the research results, business managers are suggested to pay more attention to new employees' self-cognition of their job roles and enhance the self-efficacy of new employees in the entry stage.

Relationship of perceived supervisor support, self-efficacy and turnover intention, the mediating role of burnout

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rola Chami-Malaeb
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the effect of two positive organizational factors: the perceived supervisor support (PSS) and the self-efficacy (SE) on nurses' burnout (BO), which concurrently affect the turnover intention (TI) and the mediating role of BO in this relationship.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional survey-based study of a sample of 552 Lebanese registered nurses from 19 Lebanese hospitals was conducted.FindingsThe authors’ findings confirm that PSS and SE both reduce the level of BO and the turnover intention significantly. The higher the perceived supervisors' support and the nurses' SE, the less they experience BO. BO has partially mediated the relationship of the PSS and SE on TI. This study reveals that supervisors' support is well perceived by Lebanese nurses, whose s is relatively high, while their levels of BO are considered moderate. However, BO levels vary proportionally with demographic variables, namely age, work experience, gender, marital status and education.Originality/valueThis study provides new evidence on the relationship between PSS, SE and BO and turnover intention of Lebanese nurses. It is unique in studying the role of nurses' SE with regard to BO and TI and improving the quality of nurses' work life. It shows the significance of the supervisors' role in supporting the psychological state of nurses. The context of the study, Lebanon, is also novel as it differs from advanced economies institutionally, culturally and in legal frameworks that govern the employee–supervisor relationships.

Unravelling the nexus between creative self-efficacy, humble leadership, innovative work behaviour and job performance amongst physicians in public hospitals

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joather Al Wali ◽  
Rajendran Muthuveloo ◽  
Ai Ping Teoh
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Humble Leadership

PurposeThe study aims to examine the relationship between innovative work behaviour (IWB) and JP amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals. The study also determines the effects of creative self-efficacy (CSE) and humble leadership (HL) on IWB. Besides, the study investigates the mediating role of IWB on the relationship between CSE and JP as well as between HL and JP.Design/methodology/approachA total of 332 respondents participated in the survey, although 173 responses were utilised after data screening. The study employs the structural equation modelling via partial least squares (PLS-SEM) to ascertain the relationship between the variables.FindingsEvidence from the study indicates that IWB has a positive relationship with JP, whilst CSE and HL are significant determinants of IWB amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals. The study provides evidence that IWB plays a positive mediating role in the relationship between CSE and JP as well as between HL and JP amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals.Originality/valueThe study implies that the JP of physicians in Iraq public hospitals can be enhanced by IWB, whilst the latter can be improved by CSE and HL. The influences of CSE and HL on JP can be boosted by IWB. Hence, efforts to promote IWB should be vigorously pursued by Iraq public hospitals to foster the physicians' JP.

Creativity, Proactive Personality and Entrepreneurial Intentions: Examining the Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 097215091984439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Shalini Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Management Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study aimed to explore the role of creativity and proactive personality on management student’s entrepreneurial intention. The study also proposed entrepreneurial self-efficacy to mediate the effect of proactivity and creativity on entrepreneurial intention. The data were collected from 484 management students using a structured questionnaire which were further analysed using structural equation modelling in Amos 20.0. The results showed that entrepreneurial self-efficacy was the strongest predictor of entrepreneurial intention. Proactive personality was also found to influence entrepreneurial intention significantly, though the effect of creativity on intention was very marginal. Finally, the results of the mediation analysis (bootstrapping method) showed that the relationship between creativity and entrepreneurial intention was fully mediated by self-efficacy while the effect of proactivity on entrepreneurial intention was partially mediated. The findings of the study produced interesting and significant implications which are discussed in the article.

The Relationship Between Employee Psychological Empowerment and Proactive Behavior: Self-efficacy As Mediator

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1157-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiatao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Business Administration Students ◽  
The Relationship

I examined the relationship between employees' psychological empowerment and their proactive behavior, and explored the mediating role of self-efficacy in this relationship. Using structural equation modeling, I conducted an empirical test based on survey data obtained from 337 Master of Business Administration students across 4 universities in South China. The results showed that psychological empowerment and self-efficacy led to proactive behavior. In addition, self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between psychological empowerment and proactive behavior. These findings highlight the importance of workplace managers fostering employees' psychological empowerment and self-efficacy to promote proactive employee behavior.

scholarly journals Insights into Key Determinants of Personal Initiative among Palestinian Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Farid Irshaid ◽  
Kevin You
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Personal Initiative ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to get an understanding of whether contemporary research on key determinants of employees’ personal initiative is applicable in the context of a developing Middle Eastern country in the midst of a tumultuous period in its history – a country in which, in spite of it all, life continues for its residents and the organisations that serve them. We collected survey data from 144 office workers of several organisations operating in Palestine to examine the relationship between personal initiative and a list of its theoretical determinants, namely: self-efficacy, need for achievement, perceived supervisor support and cultural orientation towards individualism. Our findings support the conclusions of contemporary research about the effects of self-efficacy and the need for achievement on personal initiative - thus indicating that Palestinian office workers are, in many respects, quite similar to their counterparts in other parts of the world. But our expectations regarding the link between perceived supervisor support, the cultural value of individualism and personal initiative are not supported by our findings.

scholarly journals Perceived supervisor support and learner’s career curiosity: the mediating effect of sense of belonging, engagement and self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie ◽  
Chinedu Ochinanwata ◽  
Nonso Ochinanwata ◽  
Paul Agu Igwe ◽  
Gloria Obiageli Okorie
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Work Placement ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study investigates the relationship between perceived supervisor support (PSS) and learner career curiosity and tests the mediating role of sense of belonging, engagement and learning self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a three-wave repeated cross-sectional data collected from 509 final-year undergraduate students of 11 Nigerian public universities, who had completed the compulsory work placement to analyze the influence of PSS on learner’s career curiosity via a parallel mediation involving sense of belonging, engagement (behavioural, emotional and cognitive) and self-efficacy.FindingsThe results show that engagement mediates the path through which PSS influences career curiosity. However, the authors found no evidence that sense of belonging and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between PSS and learner’s career curiosity in this population.Originality/valueThe findings of this study highlight the importance of PSS as a resource that influences learner’s career curiosity, particularly during a work placement.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Organizational Cynicism in Causing Work Alienation in Higher Educational Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Riaz Hussain Soomro ◽  
Tahira Yawer ◽  
Shahid Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Work Alienation ◽  
Organizational Cynicism ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to examine the mediating role of organizational cynicism in instigating work alienation with constructs such as perceived supervisor support and perceived organizational politics. The study is descriptive research and quantitative approach was utilized to conduct the study. The data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire from full-time faculty members employed at private universities in Karachi. It was found that although organizational cynicism can significantly be predicted by perceived supervisor support and perceived organization politics, however, organization cynicism failed to play a mediating role in establishing the relationship between the perceptions and work alienation. This study will help the heads of the universities to identify the level of organizational cynicism in their institutions, to overcome the problem and eliminate it.

scholarly journals Mechanism Between Organizational Support Factors and Motivation to Transfer: Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1621-1630
Author(s):  
Zeshan Ahmer ◽  
Muhammad Aamir ◽  
Majid Ali ◽  
Muhammad Usman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Motivation To Transfer

Transfer of training has turned out to be a major issue for the banking industry and the desire of successful transferability of training content can be actualized by motivating the trainees to transfer their learned skills. Therefore, this study highlighted the less studied variables from organizational factors (i.e. organizational and supervisor support) and trainee’s characteristics (i.e. self-efficacy) to develop a model for motivation to transfer. For the purpose, data were collected from 388 banking employees and the hypotheses were investigated by means of structural equation modeling using AMOS. The study found both organizational and supervisor support as contributing factors towards motivation to transfer through self-efficacy. The study has implications for the banking sector to cope with this emerging issue.

The mediating role of resilience on the association between self-efficacy and prenatal anxiety among pregnant women: A multi-site smart phone survey in China (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruqing Ma ◽  
Changqing Zou ◽  
Lijuan Zhang ◽  
Kristin K. Sznajder ◽  
Fengzhi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Prenatal Anxiety ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND Prenatal anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in prenatal period. Self-efficacy and resilience, the well-known positive resources, could help prevent the symptoms of anxiety during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the prevalence of prenatal anxiety and examine whether resilience could play a mediating role in the relationship between self-efficacy and prenatal anxiety of Chinese pregnant women. METHODS From July 2018 to July 2019, a multi-site smart phone survey was carried out in three cities (Shenyang in Liaoning province, Zhengzhou in Henan province and Chongqing) in China. A total of 665 pregnant women participated in the study. A hierarchical multiple regression (HMR) model was used to test the predictors and mediators of prenatal anxiety. A structural equation model (SEM) was applied to test the hypothesis that resilience mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and prenatal anxiety. RESULTS The HMR model indicated that self-efficacy contributed most to the variance (11.9%) of prenatal anxiety and had a significant negative correlation with prenatal anxiety (P<0.01) among pregnant women. Resilience had a significant positive correlation with self-efficacy (P<0.01) and was negatively correlated with prenatal anxiety (P<0.01). Resilience served as a mediator between self-efficacy and prenatal anxiety (a*b = -0.198, BCa 95% CI: -0.270, -0.126). CONCLUSIONS Self-efficacy was a negative predictor of prenatal anxiety for pregnant women. Moreover, resilience played a mediating role on the association between self-efficacy and prenatal anxiety among pregnant women in nationwide China. This study suggested that pregnant women might benefit from interventions to relieve prenatal anxiety through improved self-efficacy and the mediating path of resilience.

Online verbal aggression, social relationships, and self-efficacy beliefs

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482090553
Author(s):  
Paula da Costa Ferreira ◽  
Ana Margarida Veiga Simão ◽  
Nadia Salgado Pereira ◽  
Paula Paulino ◽  
Sofia Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to understand whether the relationships adolescent bystanders of cyberbullying have with the victim and other bystanders and their self-efficacy beliefs may affect their use of aggressive language online. Students (676, Mage = 14.10, SD = 2.74, 55.5% male) answered questions about social media use, self-efficacy to solve cyberbullying situations, interpersonal relationships, and their use of verbal aggression to communicate online. Through structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders mediated the relationship between observing cyberbullying behavior and bystanders’ use of aggressive language online. The effect of observing cyberbullying behavior through having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders was lower than its direct effect on adolescent bystanders’ use of aggressive language. Self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relationship between having a relationship with the victim and other bystanders and adolescents’ use of aggressive language online. Implications for intervention in interpersonal communication online are proposed.

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