Efficacy Beliefs

Question 1

What is self-efficacy and other-efficacy?

Answer 1

Confidence in your ability to succeed in specific situations

Other efficacy is one’s confidence in another’s ability

Question 2

What’s the effect of self-efficacy on motivation and performance?

Answer 2

Motivation: Put in more effort
Performance: Perform more effectively

Question 3

What’s the effect of self-efficacy on anxiety and appraisals?

Answer 3

Lower anxiety and more perceptions of challenges rather than threats

Question 4

What factors affect confidence?

Answer 4

Prior performance: performed well in the past
Vicarious experience: see similar others coping and doing okay
Verbal persuasion: credible people give encouragement
Emotional arousal: not feeling nervous

Question 5

What can leaders do to improve confidence?

Answer 5

Start simple and build people up
Get someone they identify with to show the task
Be careful with criticism
Check how people feel and manage emotions

Question 6

What is collective efficacy?

Answer 6

Confidence in your team’s ability

Question 7

Effects of strong collective efficacy?

Answer 7

Team persists longer on tasks and performs better

Team is more united

Question 8

What is RISE?

Answer 8

RISE (relation-inferred self-efficacy) is the estimation of another’s confidence in oneself

Question 9

How can leaders improve OE and RISE?

Answer 9

Provide autonomy support
Displaying transformational leadership behaviour
Displaying effort and caring about task