ABSTRACT

Means-efficacy was introduced by Eden as one’s perception of available organizational resources, a form of external efficacy which, together with internal (i.e., self) efficacy comprises a larger subjective efficacy construct. We further develop means-efficacy, elucidate its place in motivational theory, and present three studies to construct and validate the General Organizational Means-Efficacy Scale (GMES), the first such measure to date. Results support a general means-efficacy construct and provide convincing psychometric support for the GMES. We argue motivation theory will be advanced by adopting a general form of means-efficacy, and that the GMES provides a useful tool for future validation and other studies.

摘要

Eden提出的平均效能是人们对可用组织资源的一种感知，一种外部效能，它与内部（即自我）效能一起构成更大的主观效能构造。我们将进一步开发均值效能，阐明其在动机理论中的地位，并提出三项研究来构建和验证通用组织均值效能量表（GMES），这是迄今为止的第一个此类量度。结果支持一般的手段效能构造，并为GMES提供令人信服的心理计量学支持。我们认为，动机理论将通过采用手段效用的一般形式而得到改进，并且GMES为将来的验证和其他研究提供了有用的工具。