A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF- BELIEFS AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-217
Author(s):  
Kiranjeet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Psychological Measures ◽  
Social Efficacy ◽  
The Relationship

The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between self-beliefs and achievement motivation among engineering students. 305 boys and 254 girls from different engineering colleges of Punjab responded to all psychological measures used in the study. Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Muris, 2001) and Perceived Competence Scale (Pintrich and DeGroot, 1990) were used to assess the self-beliefs of the students, whereas, Deo and Mohan's Achievement Scale (1985) was used to measure achievement motivation among the students. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation were computed to find out which variables correlate significantly with achievement motivation among these students. The results revealed that in case of male engineering students, two dimensions of Self-efficacy i.e. Academic Self-Efficacy and Social Self- Efficacy were found to be positively correlated with their achievement motivation, whereas,in case of female engineering students,all three dimensions of Self-efficacy i.e. Social-Efficacy, Academic-Efficacy and Emotional-Efficacy were found to be positively related to their achievement motivation. The results also revealed that the perceived competence was a significant correlate of achievement motivation among both male and female engineering students. Overall, the results indicate that self-beliefs play a significant role in influencing the achievement motivation among engineering students.

scholarly journals Perceived Self-Efficacy and Its Relationship to Achievement Motivation among Parallel Program Students at Prince Sattam University

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad H. Harahsheh
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Correlation Relationship ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to identify the level of perceived self-efficacy and achievement motivation and the relationship between them. The sample of the study included 164 students. The researcher used the measure of perceived self-efficacy and the measure of achievement motivation. The measure of perceived self-efficacy consisted of 72 paragraphs distributed on nine dimensions. While the measure of achievement motivation consisted of 20 paragraphs. It has been conducted the necessary honesty and reliability coefficients for them.The results indicated to the high levels of perceived self-efficacy and achievement motivation, to a correlation which is very weak and a positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance between perceived self-efficacy dimension (behavioral) and achievement motivation, to six correlation relationships which are weak and a positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance between perceived self-efficacy dimensions (emotional, social, self-confidence, others-confidence, cognitive, moral) and achievement motivation, to the presence of correlation relationship which is medium and positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance at the significance level (α = 0.05) between perceived self-efficacy and its two dimensions (persistence and perseverance, academic) and achievement motivate.

Does beauty matter?

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-384
Author(s):  
Wei-Lun Chang
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Public Self Consciousness

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between self-consciousness and physical attractiveness from a psychological perspective, examining the relationship of physical attractiveness with the three dimensions of self-consciousness.Design/methodology/approachThe research involved investigating the relationship between self-consciousness and physical attractiveness, focusing on how the three self-consciousness dimensions (i.e., private self-consciousness, public self-consciousness and social anxiety) affected physical attractiveness. Clustering techniques using self-organizing maps of data mining and decision trees were used in this study. The primal concept of clustering entails grouping unsorted and disorganized raw data and arranging data with similar properties into clusters. Classification primarily involves establishing classification models according to the category attributes of existing data. These models can be used to predict the classes of new data and determine interdata relationships and data characteristics.FindingsPublic self-consciousness was most strongly related to physical attractiveness, whereas the other two dimensions exhibited no obvious relationship to physical attractiveness. It may be concluded that people with higher physical attractiveness draw attention from others more easily and are more likely to be evaluated positively, and that they thus tend to be more confident in front of others and less likely to care about the opinions of others. Alternatively, perhaps people with lower public self-consciousness care less about how others view them and have the courage to express themselves, which signifies confidence and increases their physical attractiveness.Practical implicationsThis research investigated the importance of self-consciousness that may apply to recruitment in practice. People with low public self-consciousness may have high confidence and efficiency. People have low social anxiety may not be nervous or anxious in public and easy to speak to strangers. This kind of employees are appropriate for the jobs involving team work and interaction such as public relations. Hence, companies can apply our findings to search appropriate employees except the first impression of appearance.Originality/valueThe results revealed that high physical attractiveness is related to low public self-consciousness, whereas low physical attractiveness is related to high public self-consciousness. Good-looking people tend to attract attention from others. The relationship between private self-consciousness and physical attractiveness is non-significant. The relationship between social anxiety and physical attractiveness is non-significant.

Do social self-efficacy and self-esteem moderate the relationship between peer victimization and academic performance?

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Raskauskas ◽  
Sherry Rubiano ◽  
Ilanit Offen ◽  
Ann Kathleen Wayland
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Self ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Effect of Creative Thinking Education in Enhancing Creative Self-Efficacy and Cognitive Motivation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad M Alzoubi ◽  
Mohammad F Al Qudah ◽  
Ismael Salameh Albursan ◽  
Salaheldin F Bakhiet ◽  
Adel S Abduljabbar
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Cognitive Motivation ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of creative thinking education on enhancing creative self-efficacy and cognitive motivation. The sample consisted of 44 female students studying childhood education in the Princess Alia University College divided into two groups (experimental and control). The experimental group was taught a unit in creative thinking whereas the control group was not. Data were collected using two tools; first, a creative self-efficacy scale that included two dimensions (self-efficacy in creative thinking and creative performance) and second, a cognitive motivation scale that included three dimensions (curiosity, discovery, and questioning). Data showed significant differences between experimental and control groups in creative self-efficacy and its dimensions, and also in cognitive motivation and two of its dimensions (curiosity and discovery) in favor of the experimental group. No significant difference was found between the two groups in questioning. We recommend embedding creative thinking education in study courses.</p>

The relationship amongst nurses’ perceived organizational justice, work consciousness, and responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-713
Author(s):  
Abolfazal Mohammadi ◽  
Nasrin Hanifi ◽  
Nasrin Jafari Varjoshani
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Nurses’ perceived organizational justice is one of the factors influencing their social responsibility and conscientiousness. Social responsibility and conscience are major requirements for providing high-quality and standardized care. Objective: The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship of perceived organizational justice with work consciousness and the social responsibility of the nurses. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was performed on 380 nurses who had at least 1 year of job experience and willingness to participate in the study. The study was conducted in Zanjan province, Iran, in 2018. The study subjects were selected via stratified random sampling. The data were collected using an organizational justice scale, corporate social responsibility scale, and consciousness scale. Questionnaires were completed through self-reporting. The data were analyzed using partial correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis. Ethical considerations: Research ethics approval (with the code of IR.ZUMS.REC.1397.47) was obtained from Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Results: The results indicated that nurses felt injustice in all dimensions of organizational justice (2.66 ± .753). They feel the most sense of injustice in distributive justice (2.19 ± .798). In three dimensions, except the ethic dimension, the social responsibility was in a desirable range (2.79 ± .703). In two dimensions, work consciousness was in a desirable range. The results showed a significant and positive relationship between all dimensions of social responsibility and all dimensions of organizational justice (r = .072). However, no statistically significant relationship was observed between the dimensions of organizational justice and conscience (r = –.002). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, social responsibility and the work consciousness of the nurses are affected by organizational justice. Therefore, nursing managers are suggested to change their management styles to reduce the sense of organizational injustice in nurses and have long-term productivity.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Students: The Role of Social Norms and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grigorios Asimakopoulos ◽  
Virginia Hernández ◽  
Javier Peña Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the impact of entrepreneurial education on intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity in the future. The study is based on a sample of 208 engineering students. Specifically, we explore the contingent effect of social norms on the relationship between entrepreneurial education and intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity, as well as the role of social norms on the association between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. We utilize a comprehensive questionnaire distributed among engineering students. Our findings indicate that entrepreneurial education is positively associated with the intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity, in addition to demonstrating a positive moderation effect role of social norms on the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. The study provides empirical support to devise new educational initiatives that can further support students and young entrepreneurs in their current or future entrepreneurial projects

Workplace Arrogance and Job Performance

2018 ◽  
pp. 83-116
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter is an attempt to clarify the relationship between workplace arrogance and job performance. Thus, the authors focus and define a set of four fundamental concepts—task performance, contextual performance, social support, and self-efficacy—in order to examine and explore this relationship. Hence, the main result of this theoretical study is that workplace arrogance is negatively related to job performance. Although this finding could be considered as a theoretical contribution, more studies are requested to investigate the specific relationship between workplace arrogance and job satisfaction with its two dimensions: task and contextual factors.

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