A Research For The Effect Of Self-Efficacy And Self-Confidence To Labor Force And Employment
Abstract
Besides, there are many social, psychological and economic factors, or in other words, internal and external factors, affecting labor force and employment; it could be observed that people who have similar human capital accumulation work for different jobs under different titles or they work with different salary levels and in diffe- rent labor force markets (primary and secondary labor force markets). As above stated, many variables could be attributed to this differentiation, however, in this study, the effect of self-confidence and self-efficacy of people in the labor force on their status in the labor force market and their entrance to the labor force is analyzed with a literature research.
According to the research results, high level of self-efficacy causes an increase in both job performance and productivity and it eliminates negative thoughts including worry and stress, sometimes occurred in working life. Additionally, people who have higher levels of self-confidence have low levels of anxiety, higher level of satisfaction from business and their daily lives, ability to deal with managerial stress more successfully, have greater advantage on business and being recruited for a job.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Business Administration
Journal Section
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Publication Date
January 31, 2017
Submission Date
February 18, 2017
Acceptance Date
January 1, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 9 Number: 1