The Attenuating Effect of Role Overload on Relationships Linking Self-Efficacy and Goal Level to Work Performance.
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Applied Psychology
- Vol. 90 (5), 972-979
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.5.972
Abstract
The reported research examines the moderating effects of role overload on the antecedents and consequences of self-efficacy and personal goal level in a longitudinal study conducted in an industrial selling context. The results indicate that role overload moderates the antecedent effect of perceived organizational resources on self-efficacy beliefs. They also show that role overload moderates the direct effects of both self-efficacy and goal level on performance, such that these relationships are positive when role overload is low but not significant when role overload is high. Further, the results reveal a pattern of moderated mediation, in which goal level mediates the indirect effect of self-efficacy on performance when role overload is low but not when it is high. Implications for theory and managerial practice are discussed.Keywords
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