Generalized self-efficacy as a mediator and moderator between control and complexity at work and personal initiative: A longitudinal field study in East Germany
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in: Human Performance, Jahrgang 10, Nr. 2, 01.06.1997, S. 171-192.
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T1 - Generalized self-efficacy as a mediator and moderator between control and complexity at work and personal initiative
T2 - A longitudinal field study in East Germany
AU - Speier, Christa
AU - Frese, Michael
PY - 1997/6/1
Y1 - 1997/6/1
N2 - Personal initiative is one aspect of contextual performance. Combining the perspective of occupational socialization with the concept of self-efficacy, a general model is proposed and tested that views generalized work-related self-efficacy as an intervening variable in the relation between control and complexity at work and personal initiative. As part of a longitudinal study (N = 463 to 543) in East Germany, two different functions of self-efficacy as an intervening variable were examined: (a) self-efficacy as a mediator and (b) self-efficacy as a moderator. It was found that the relation between control and complexity and concurrent initiative is partly mediated by self-efficacy. In addition, self-efficacy functions as a moderator of the relation between control at work and retrospective initiative. Implications for the general discussion of self-efficacy and contextual performance are suggested.
AB - Personal initiative is one aspect of contextual performance. Combining the perspective of occupational socialization with the concept of self-efficacy, a general model is proposed and tested that views generalized work-related self-efficacy as an intervening variable in the relation between control and complexity at work and personal initiative. As part of a longitudinal study (N = 463 to 543) in East Germany, two different functions of self-efficacy as an intervening variable were examined: (a) self-efficacy as a mediator and (b) self-efficacy as a moderator. It was found that the relation between control and complexity and concurrent initiative is partly mediated by self-efficacy. In addition, self-efficacy functions as a moderator of the relation between control at work and retrospective initiative. Implications for the general discussion of self-efficacy and contextual performance are suggested.
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031514323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1207/s15327043hup1002_7
DO - 10.1207/s15327043hup1002_7
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:0031514323
VL - 10
SP - 171
EP - 192
JO - Human Performance
JF - Human Performance
SN - 0895-9285
IS - 2
ER -