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

Claudio Barbaranelli (), Marinella Paciello (), Valentina Biagioli (), Roberta Fida () and Carlo Tramontano ()
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Claudio Barbaranelli: Sapienza University of Rome
Marinella Paciello: Uninettuno Telematic International University
Valentina Biagioli: University of Rome Tor Vergata
Roberta Fida: University of East Anglia
Carlo Tramontano: Coventry University

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2019, vol. 20, issue 3, No 2, 707-727

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Academic success; Meditation; Self-efficacy; Positivity; In-role behaviour; Extra-role behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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