Positivity and Behaviour: the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in Organisational and Educational Settings

Claudio Barbaranelli; Marinella Paciello; Valentina Biagioli; Roberta Fida; Carlo Tramontano

doi:10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4

Positivity and Behaviour: the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in Organisational and Educational Settings

Claudio Barbaranelli, Marinella Paciello, Valentina Biagioli, Roberta Fida, Carlo Tramontano

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Abstract

Positivity is an evaluative disposition capturing what self-esteem, life satisfaction and optimism have in common. Self-efficacy refers to specific beliefs aimed at exercising control over the events through self-regulation. This paper examines in two studies whether the effect of positivity on performance is mediated by self-efficacy beliefs. The first examines the role of task and empathic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to in-role and extra-role behaviours in a sample of 829 Italian adult employees. The second examines the role of academic self-efficacy in mediating the relationship of positivity with respect to academic grades and academic citizenship behaviour on a sample of 223 Italian university students. Structural Equation Models results revealed that: (1) the relationship between positivity and both in-role and extra-role behaviours was substantially mediated by self-efficacy beliefs; (2) the relationship between positivity and both school grades and citizenship behaviours was completely mediated by self-efficacy beliefs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	707–727
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume	20
Issue number	3
Early online date	1 Mar 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

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The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4

Keywords

Academic success
Extra-role behaviour
In-role behaviour
Meditation
Positivity
Self-efficacy

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Barbaranelli, C., Paciello, M., Biagioli, V., Fida, R., & Tramontano, C. (2019). Positivity and Behaviour: the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in Organisational and Educational Settings. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20(3), 707–727. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9972-4

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