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- Title
- Measuring social competence, task competence and self-protection in an organisational context
- Author/Creator
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Gold, Sharon
- Institution
- University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science and Information Technology, School of Psychology
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- In Chapter 1, I describe social competence, task competence and self-protection in an organisational context. In Chapter 2, I review key self theories and relate them to the self-competence construct. In Chapter 3, I review the research on self-competence to show that there is a need for a construct of social competence and self-protection. I discuss the limitations of three self-competence theories: Bandura’s (1977) self-efficacy theory, Williams and Lillibridge’s (1992) self-competence theory and Tafarodi & Swann’s (1995) self-competence/self-liking theory. In Chapter 4, I present my selfcompetence model. I raise the research questions and specify my hypotheses. In Chapter 5, I describe the construction of Social and Task Competence Scale. I present evidence of the reliability and factor structure of the Social and Task Competence Scale. I concluded that scale revisions were needed. In Chapter 6, I present evidence of the reliability, factor structure and predictive validity of the revised Social and Task Competence Scale and Self-Protection Scale. I describe the results of an experiment that investigated the interaction of task setting, social competence, task competence and selfprotection. I concluded that the measures predicted performance. In Chapter 7, I investigate the factor structure and reliability of the revised Social and Task Competence Scale and revised Self-Protection Scale. I provide evidence of the convergent and discriminant validity of these measures with reliable measures of self-competence, selfesteem, self-monitoring, personality and social desirability. In Chapter 8, I investigate the factor structure and reliability of the Social and Task Competence Scale and Self-Protection Scale after final revisions and show that these measures are acceptable for use in scientific research. I present evidence of their convergent validity with a valid andreliable measure of emotional intelligence, and describe experimental results that supported the hypothesised relationships between perceived task difficulty, social competence, task competence and self-protection and task performance. In Chapter 9, I discuss the implications of my research for self-competence theory, self-regulation and self-esteem and the prediction of social and task performance in organisations.
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Date
- 2009
- Keyword(s)
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social competence;
task competence;
psychological measurement;
interpersonal relationships;
interpersonal interaction;
self-evaluation;
test validity;
test construction;
self-perception;
self-concept;
social skills;
self-competence;
social support;
organisational effectiveness;
organisational development;
job performance;
self-defense;
motivation;
feedback;
self-preservation;
emotional adjustment;
prediction;
self-protection;
defense mechanisms;
self-efficacy;
organisational behaviour;
task performance;
self-esteem;
self-regulation
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Rights
- Copyright 2009 Sharon Gold
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/44576
- Language
- eng
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