Self-efficacy and work motivation

Abstract

This paper centers in the contributions of self-efficacy to the analysis and evaluation of work motivation. It is argued thet the concept of self-efficacy succesfully replaces Vroom's concept of expectancy, and offers useful information for diagnose and intervention in motivation. Authors adapt Baessler and Schwarzer's Spanish adaptation of the Jerusalem and Schwarzer's Scale of General Self-efficacy, to work situations and integrate in a broader instrument to motivation diagnose. Validity and reliability data are presented and relations among subscales are considered.