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Positivity and Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in Organisational and Educational Settings

verfasst von: Claudio Barbaranelli, Marinella Paciello, Valentina Biagioli, Roberta Fida, Carlo Tramontano

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Positivity is an evaluative disposition capturing what self-esteem, life satisfaction and optimism have in common. Self-efficacy refers to specific beliefs aimed at exercising control over the events through self-regulation. This paper examines in two studies whether the effect of positivity on performance is mediated by self-efficacy beliefs. The first examines the role of task and empathic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to in-role and extra-role behaviours in a sample of 829 Italian adult employees. The second examines the role of academic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to academic grades and academic citizenship behaviour on a sample of 223 Italian university students. Structural Equation Models results revealed that: (1) the relationship between positivity and both in-role and extra-role behaviours was substantially mediated by self-efficacy beliefs; (2) the relationship between positivity and both school grades and citizenship behaviours was completely mediated by self-efficacy beliefs.

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Titel: Positivity and Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in Organisational and Educational Settings
verfasst von: Claudio Barbaranelli
Marinella Paciello
Valentina Biagioli
Roberta Fida
Carlo Tramontano
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2018
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4

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