Session Summary

Session Number:252
Session ID:S322
Session Title:Self-Efficacy: Theory, research, and Application
Short Title:Self-Efficacy
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt East
Floor:LL2
Room:Columbus E/F
Time:Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

Sponsors

MOC  (Kathleen Sutcliffe)ksutclif@umich.edu (734) 764-2312 
OB  (Robert Liden)bobliden@uic.edu (312) 996-4481 

General People

Chair Stajkovic, Alexander D. U. of California, Irvine astajkov@gsm.uci.edu (949) 824-8782 
Discussant Porter, Lyman W. U. of California, Irvine lwporter@gsm.uci.edu (949) 824-5335 

Submissions

The impact of self-efficacy on the behavioral paradigm 
Presenter Luthans, Fred  U. of Nebraska fluthans1@unl.edu (402) 472-2324 
Self-efficacy and decision making 
Presenter Wood, Robert E. U. of New South Wales rwood@agsm.unsw.edu.au 61-2-9931-9238 
The impact of self-efficacy on work-motivation theory and research 
Presenter Eden, Dov  Tel Aviv U. doveden@ccsg.tau.ac.il 972-3-6409558 
Future issues in self-efficacy research 
Presenter Locke, Edwin A. U. of Maryland elocke@rhsmith.umd.edu 301-405-2238 

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to address several specific areas of potential research regarding the nature and underlying mechanisms of the relationship between self-efficacy and human performance in organizations. Specifically, we focus on several current issues and potential areas of future self-efficacy research, and, importantly, provide process-oriented analyses of the underlying mechanisms that may further explain the nature of the relationship between self-efficacy and outcome variables and also the formation of self-efficacy beliefs. We believe that these are the lines of research that can best clarify the nature of the contribution of self-efficacy beliefs to human action. In particular, as an introduction, Alex Stajkovic will outline the current state of the self- efficacy research. Fred Luthans will then address the historical transition from behavioral modification to social learning to social cognitive theory. Next, Robert Wood will discuss the relationship between self-efficacy and organizational decision making. Dov Eden will follow by focusing on the role of self-efficacy in work motivation theory and research, and on the influence of work motivation research on the conceptualization and operationalization of self- efficacy. Edwin Locke will next present several suggestions for the future research in self- efficacy. The symposium presentations will conclude by Lyman Porter's analysis and discussion of the presentations, and his own observations of the role of self-efficacy in the field of organizational behavior and cognition.