Occupational Self Efficacy of Public Sector Employees in Indian Context – An Analysis

An individual’s level of coherance and competency in implementing
necessary action, i.e., in being able to manage various situations is
known as Self-efficacy. Work based self-efficacy is a concept which
assesses employees confidence in being able to manage their
respective occupational experiences. The theoretical platform forms
when employees with better Occupational Self Efficacy (OSE) have
been observed to increasingly look forward and also tend to be
successful in their work related performance.
However, when work related achievements are to be believed in,
works in order to bolster an individual’s self-efficacy levels through
a feedback structure, i.e., in persevering subsequent performance in
order to reinforce one’s self-efficacy truths and beliefs.
The primary objective of this study is to understand the Occupational
Self Efficacy among Managers and Engineers. The second is to
assess the impact of socio-demographic issues on the Occupational
self-efficacy existing between the types of employees. This study
was conducted in a manufacturing plant, i.e., a Public Sector Unit,
located in the Industrial suburbs of Mysore city. The sample chosen
consisted of a hundred and twenty respondents, as per the criteria
of inclusion and exclusion. Using the demographic data sheet and
the occupational self-efficacy scale, the data was collected and
analyzed using Regression analysis, two-way ANOVA, Duncan’s
Multiple Range Test, and Descriptive statistics.
The main findings are, that Engineers and Managers did not differ
significantly in their scores across occupational self-efficacy; Second,
the interaction effect between the type of occupation, income,
age, and work experience, is found to be non-significant, which
shows that the occupational self-efficacy scores are similar among employees. To summarize, OSE is concerned with the belief in one’s
capacity and competency, to manage one’s functioning and thereby
the events that affect one’s life. However, belief in a person’s efficacy
affects their life, which is based on the choices, along with levels of
motivation, quality of life, and handling adversity well.