General self-efficacy and self esteem as positive psychological strengths to increase organizational commitment.
You may consider using Social Cognitive Theory by Albert Bandura. Bandura talks about three social-cognitive mechanisms that are relevant to career development. These mechanisms are:
1) Development of people’s cognitive, social, and behavioral competencies through mastery modeling
2) Cultivation of people’s beliefs in their capabilities so that they will use their talents effectively (self-efficacy)
3) Enhancement of people’s motivation through goal systems
Thank you Srikant, self-determination theory is one of the theories on my list. My concern is how do self-esteem and self-efficacy fit into the constructs in SDT theory - competence, relatedness and autonomy? Do you mind discussing this?
Oluyinka:
You might find some relevant information in the following link [for self-esteem]. And, competence is nothing but a form of self-efficacy. Let me know, if you need further information.
https://brainmass.com/file/1346222/Gagne+and+Deci+Self-determinationTheory%5B1%5D.pdf
You may consider using Social Cognitive Theory by Albert Bandura. Bandura talks about three social-cognitive mechanisms that are relevant to career development. These mechanisms are:
1) Development of people’s cognitive, social, and behavioral competencies through mastery modeling
2) Cultivation of people’s beliefs in their capabilities so that they will use their talents effectively (self-efficacy)
3) Enhancement of people’s motivation through goal systems
You can see this article: Deemer, S.A. & Minke, M.K. (1999). An investigation of the factor structure of the teacher efficacy scale. The journal of Educational research, 93.. It distinguishes between the self-efficacy of the teacher (I'm a good teacher) and the outcome efficay of education and school (education is able to change behavours' students).
Sincerely,
Jordi Fernández-Castro.
See Peter Westwood studies
Internal vs External locus of control - Seligman
and Christine Richmond
In addition to Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (1989) you might also find Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent, Brown & Hackett, 1994) useful. Also, worth checking out is the Expectancy Value Theory by Eccles (good article for your purpose is "Who Am I ...", 2009) &/or the FIT-Choice Model by Helen Watt and Paul Richardson (i.e. Factors Influence Teaching Choice).
You may consider Tajfel and Turner's Social Identity Theory (1986) and later Turner's Self-Categorisation Theory (1987). Here are some related references:
Ashforth, B. E. & Mael, F. (1989). Social Identity Theory and the Organization. Academy of Management Review, 14, 20-39.
Hogg, M. A. & Terry, D. J. (2000). Social Identity and Self-Categorization Processes in Organizational Contexts. Academy of Management Review, 25, 121-140.
Castelli, L., De Amicis, L., & Sherman, S. J. (2007). The loyal member effect: On the preference for ingroup members who engage in exclusive relations with the ingroup. Developmental Psychology, 43(6), 1347-1359.
Rubin, M., & Hewstone, M. (1998). Social identity theory’s self-esteem hypothesis: A review and some suggestions for clarification. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 40-62. doi: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0201_3
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Michelle.
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