Revisiting the functional properties of self-efficacy: : A dynamic perspective

• Autores: Gillian Yeo, Andrew Neal
• Localización: Journal of Management, ISSN-e 1557-1211, Vol. 39, Nº. 6, 2013, págs. 1385-1396
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper is a response to Bandura�s 2012 Guest Editorial, which defends the functional properties of self-efficacy by criticizing published studies that have demonstrated a negative relationship between self-efficacy and performance at the within-person level of analysis. We focus on the theoretical and methodological criticisms that Bandura has made in relation to our (Yeo & Neal) 2006 piece that examined the dynamic relationship between self-efficacy and performance across levels of analysis and specificity. In doing so, we explain the importance of designing and analyzing studies involving self-efficacy at the within-person level of analysis. We then demonstrate how the concept of resource allocation can explain the co-existence of positive and negative dynamic self-efficacy effects across the between- and within-person levels of analysis. We acknowledge the great strides that researchers have made in understanding the complex and dynamic processes involving self-efficacy and encourage researchers to continue this collective effort.