The relationships between self-efficacy, effective leadership/supervision and work performance
Date
2016-07-15
Authors
Becker, David Bernard
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Abstract
The present study was conducted within the area of leadership research and
examined aspects of management-subordinate dyads in the insurance industry. The
aim of the study was to explore the proportion of variance of three dependent
variables explained by the dimensions of the quality of Leader-Member Exchange
between managers and subordinates, subordinate's perceived self-efficacy, and an
interaction term comprising these two dimensions. The three dependent variables
compnsed subordinate job satisfaction, and two measures of subordinate
performance, namely the employee rating scale and a work output measure which
overcame previous research's limitations. Research was conducted on a sample of
broker-consultants (CN = 130). Results suggested that the leadership variable (leader-member exchange) explained a significant proportion of the variance of jab
satisfaction but not in terms of job pertormance measures. Contrary to expectations,
the addition of a self-efficacy variable and the t.,iC7 ...i-l10n term did not explain a
dditional variance within the leadership model in terms of work performance and
job satisfaction, with respect to self-efficacy and the interaction term. The
limitations of the study in terms of leadership research will be considered.
Theoretical and practical implications of the study will also be considered.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science,
University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
in fulfilment of the requirements for
the degree of Master of Science.
Johannesburg, 1992