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Enhancing role breadth self-efficacy: The roles of job enrichment and other organizational interventions (1998)
| Venue: | Journal of Applied Psychology |
| Citations: | 89 - 4 self |
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@ARTICLE{Parker98enhancingrole,
author = {Sharon K. Parker},
title = {Enhancing role breadth self-efficacy: The roles of job enrichment and other organizational interventions},
journal = {Journal of Applied Psychology},
year = {1998},
pages = {835--852}
}
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Abstract
Role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE) refers to employees ' perceived capability of carrying out a broader and more proactive set of work tasks that extend beyond prescribed technical requirements. A newly developed scale of RBSE was internally consistent and distinct from the related concepts of proactive personality and self-esteem. In an initial cross-sectional study (N = 580), work design variables (job enrichment, job enlargement, and membership of improvement groups) were the key organizational predictors of RBSE. These investigations were repeated in a second cross-sectional study (N = 622) and extended by examining change over time (N = 459). The longitudinal nalysis howed that increased job enrichment and increased quality of communication predicted the development ofgreater self-efficacy. Many commentators have argued that to compete against low-wage countries, and to cope with rapidly changing environments, organizations eed highly skilled employees who are willing and able to take on a broader
Keyphrases
job enrichment role breadth self-efficacy organizational intervention related concept prescribed technical requirement longitudinal nalysis proactive set initial cross-sectional study improvement group many commentator second cross-sectional study work task job enlargement proactive personality key organizational predictor low-wage country design variable increased quality
