The relationships between self-efficacy, effective leadership/supervision and work performance

[摘要] The present study was conducted within the area of leadership research andexamined aspects of management-subordinate dyads in the insurance industry. Theaim of the study was to explore the proportion of variance of three dependentvariables explained by the dimensions of the quality of Leader-Member Exchangebetween managers and subordinates, subordinate's perceived self-efficacy, and aninteraction term comprising these two dimensions. The three dependent variablescompnsed subordinate job satisfaction, and two measures of subordinateperformance, namely the employee rating scale and a work output measure whichovercame previous research's limitations. Research was conducted on a sample ofbroker-consultants (CN = 130). Results suggested that the leadership variable (leader-member exchange) explained a significant proportion of the variance of jabsatisfaction but not in terms of job pertormance measures. Contrary to expectations,the addition of a self-efficacy variable and the t.,iC7 ...i-l10n term did not explain additional variance within the leadership model in terms of work performance andjob satisfaction, with respect to self-efficacy and the interaction term. Thelimitations of the study in terms of leadership research will be considered.Theoretical and practical implications of the study will also be considered.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand