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Quality Or Quantity?: Refining The Definition Of The Means Efficacy Construct And Its Relationship To Task Specific Self-Efficacy, Jennifer Renee Rice
Quality Or Quantity?: Refining The Definition Of The Means Efficacy Construct And Its Relationship To Task Specific Self-Efficacy, Jennifer Renee Rice
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to expand on the definition of the means efficacy construct and its relationship to task-specific self-efficacy. The current research has three studies: assesssing quality means efficacy from a self-report method, study two assessing quality means efficacy from a self-report method, and study three comparing quality and quantity means efficacy to determine which would be a better predictor of confidence in various tasks.
Comparing Conscientiousness And Neuroticism In Predicting Task Performance And Contextual Performance, Lu Qin
Theses Digitization Project
The primary aim of this proposal is to address the relationship of effort intensity to neuroticism in predicting task performance and compare conscientiousness and neuroticism in predicting task performance and contextual performance. Building on previous studies' results, Big Five personality factors were examined as correlates of job performance. A pilot survey was distributed to a total of 251 participants who were working at least 20 hours a week collected from five organizations in the Los Angeles area.