Psychological Meaningfulness, Job Performance, and the Role of Self-Efficacy

Psychological Meaningfulness, Job Performance, and the Role of Self-Efficacy

The purpose of this study is to investigate how employees’ psychological meaningfulness contributes to job involvement, proactive behavior, enhanced performance, and the mediating role of self-efficacy. Specifically, the study investigates the impact of job significance on different job variables, including self-concept, attitude toward work, performance, and positive behavior. The study will expand research on the psychologically meaningful of a task, contributing to employers’ understanding of job meaningfulness. Once employers understand the meaning of job significance from employees’ perspective, they can design their jobs in a way that makes employees view the job as being significant (Jeong Sik Kim, 2023).

A survey of 50 employees was conducted for companies across the US. To ensure the study is objective, the employees’ supervisors were initially asked to write about their employees’ performance and proactive behavior. The study was conducted over 4 weeks, targeting employees from 5 companies, with each contributing 10 employees. Information about an employee’s performance and proactive behavior provided by supervisors and employees’ responses was combined to form a data set. There were 50 responses, and 39 of these were valid. When the survey was distributed, it was made clear that confidentiality would be guaranteed and that it would only be used for research. Besides, written consent was obtained from the respective employees as permission to be used as subjects in the study.

Structural equation modeling (SEM) software was used to analyze the results. Specifically, the analysis of moment structures (AMOS), which is part of the SEM software, was used. The SEM software conducted a significance analysis to determine how each of the job variables tested relates to psychological meaningfulness. A 5-point Likert scale was used to measure the study’s variables, and participants had to select a number between 1 and 5 for each one. The scale was applied to self-efficacy, proactive behavior, job involvement, and performance variables.

The importance of conducting the study is to highlight the impact of psychological meaningfulness on job involvement, self-efficacy, performance, and proactive behavior. The results will help managers fit employees to the jobs they desire (Zhenjing et al., 2022). Also, the study will help supervisors and managers monitor employees to identify where improvements are required to enhance their job involvement. As shown by Abd-Ellatif et al. (2021), employee involvement contributes to job satisfaction, which will help reduce attrition.

References

Abd-Ellatif, E. E., Anwar, M. M., AlJifri, A. A., & El Dalatony, M. M. (2021). Fear of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention Among Egyptian Physicians. Safety and Health at Work. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2021.07.007

Jeong Sik Kim. (2023). Effect of Psychological Meaningfulness on Job Involvement, Proactive Behavior, and Performance: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy. Sustainability, 15(13), 10208–10208. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310208

Zhenjing, G., Chupradit, S., Ku, K. Y., Nassani, A. A., & Haffar, M. (2022). Impact of employees’ workplace environment on employees’ performance: A multi-mediation model. Frontiers in Public Health, 10(890400). Ncbi. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136218/

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Instructions:
Important Task: Before proceeding with this week’s assignment, review the problem statement that you submitted last week and the feedback received from your instructor. Revise the problem statement based on your instructor’s feedback. Remember, a dissertation is an iterative process; adjustments, revisions, and edits are part of the process.

Psychological Meaningfulness

Using the template provided in Week 2 of this course, your writing activity is to create a purpose for the study by indicating the intent, goal, and rationale for researching the problem addressed in last week’s assignment. The purpose statement should begin with “The purpose of this (quantitative or qualitative) (design) study is to…”

Use the following list to complete the purpose statement:

Constructs/variables
Target population (citation needed)
Research setting
Sampling frame
What are the features of the population of interest (group identity, activity, or position)?
Consider research ethics and the feasibility of capturing data from the identified population.
Sampling method (must align with the stated method)
Sample size
Justified by scholarly sources and power analysis for quantitative studies.
Justified by scholarly sources for qualitative studies.
Data analysis process (must align with stated design)
Software to be used for analysis (must align with stated design)
Closing statement on how the study results may inform practice (applied) or add to theory (Ph.D.)
Before submitting this to your instructor for feedback, review your work and make sure you have addressed each prompt.

Please ensure the prompts are addressed accordingly.

Length: Approximately 1 page