The Relationship Between Faculty Members’ Organizational Support Perceptions and Personal Growth Initiative Levels, The Mediating Role of General Self-Efficacy

Authors : Başak COŞKUN, Sevda KATITAŞ, Halil KARADAŞ

Pages : 400-422

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between organizational support perceptions and personal growth initiative levels of the faculty members working in Turkey and to examine the effect of self-efficacy perceptions in this relationship. The study was designed as a relational survey model. 346 faculty members from public universities in Turkey comprised the participants. The data was collected with General Self-Efficacy Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GSES);, Perceived Organizational Support Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(POSS);, Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PGIS-II);. Descriptive analyses and structural equation modeling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SEM); was applied to examine the structural relations among the variables. It was observed that faculty members’ organizational support perceptions had a significant direct effect on their personal growth initiative levels; organizational support perceptions had a significant effect on general self-efficacy beliefs; and the effect of general self-efficacy beliefs on personal growth initiative levels was significant. It was evidenced that faculty members’ self-efficacy beliefs fully mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and personal growth initiative levels. These results are in line with the principles of Organizational Support Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. More research explaining the effect of organizational factors on self-efficacy and personal growth initiative is needed.
Keywords : Faculty members, Organizational support, Personal growth initiative, Self efficacy, SEM