title: Self-efficacy and work-related performance: the integral role of individual differences.
abstract: The present study estimated the unique contribution of self-efficacy to work-related performance controlling for personality (the Big 5 traits), intelligence or general mental ability, and job or task experience. Results, based on a meta-analysis of the relevant literatures, revealed that overall, across all studies and moderator conditions, the contribution of self-efficacy relative to purportedly more distal variables is relatively small. Within moderator categories, there were several cases in which self-efficacy made unique contributions to work-related performance. For example, self-efficacy predicted performance in jobs or tasks of low complexity but not those of medium or high complexity, and self-efficacy predicted performance for task but not job performance. Overall, results suggest that the predictive validity of self-efficacy is attenuated in the presence of individual differences, though this attenuation does depend on the context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7165, USA. timothy.judge@cba.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Judge
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Brent A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009042:Motivation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D020377:Self Efficacy; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*