Self-Efficacy: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Academy of Management ReviewPublished 1 July 1987
Marilyn E. Gist
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Self-efficacy (one's belief in one's capability to perform a task) affects task effort, persistence, expressed interest, and the level of goal difficulty selected for performance. Despite this, lit...
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