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

Abstract

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.