Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy

The fundamental aim of the present study of 126 business executives was to examine whether an engaged workforce could be differentiated from its disengaged counterpart based on occupational self-efficacy, which is an individual difference variable. We anticipated that work engagement would be cha...

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Main Authors: Chaudhary, Richa, Rangnekar, Santosh, Barua, Mukesh Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2013
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author Chaudhary, Richa
Rangnekar, Santosh
Barua, Mukesh Kumar
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description The fundamental aim of the present study of 126 business executives was to examine whether an engaged workforce could be differentiated from its disengaged counterpart based on occupational self-efficacy, which is an individual difference variable. We anticipated that work engagement would be characterised by high occupational selfefficacy and therefore predicted that it would positively correlate with occupational selfefficacy. Fisher's linear discriminant analysis was used to distinguish engaged employees from disengaged ones. The results showed that the command and adaptability dimensions of self-efficacy are found to be the most important in distinguishing engaged employees from their non-engaged counterparts. A logistic regression analysis was also carried out to determine whether socio-demographic variables contributed to group differences. The results of the logistic regression supported the findings of the discriminant analysis.
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spelling usm-365912017-09-19T01:46:23Z http://eprints.usm.my/36591/ Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy Chaudhary, Richa Rangnekar, Santosh Barua, Mukesh Kumar HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management The fundamental aim of the present study of 126 business executives was to examine whether an engaged workforce could be differentiated from its disengaged counterpart based on occupational self-efficacy, which is an individual difference variable. We anticipated that work engagement would be characterised by high occupational selfefficacy and therefore predicted that it would positively correlate with occupational selfefficacy. Fisher's linear discriminant analysis was used to distinguish engaged employees from disengaged ones. The results showed that the command and adaptability dimensions of self-efficacy are found to be the most important in distinguishing engaged employees from their non-engaged counterparts. A logistic regression analysis was also carried out to determine whether socio-demographic variables contributed to group differences. The results of the logistic regression supported the findings of the discriminant analysis. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36591/1/AAMJ180206.pdf Chaudhary, Richa and Rangnekar, Santosh and Barua, Mukesh Kumar (2013) Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 18 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/18012013/AAMJ180206.pdf
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Chaudhary, Richa
Rangnekar, Santosh
Barua, Mukesh Kumar
Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title_full Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title_fullStr Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title_full_unstemmed Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title_short Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role Of Occupational Self-Efficacy
title_sort engaged versus disengaged: the role of occupational self-efficacy
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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