Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment

Escalation of commitment is an individual's persistent behavior at sustaining commitment to an original decision or course of action. Although researchers have found that personality impacts escalation of commitment behavior, this study addressed a gap in escalation of commitment behavior regar...

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Main Author: Babatunde, Adebimpe Yetunde
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Language:en
Published: ScholarWorks 2016
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2200
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3303&context=dissertations
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spelling ndltd-waldenu.edu-oai-scholarworks.waldenu.edu-dissertations-33032019-10-30T01:15:55Z Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment Babatunde, Adebimpe Yetunde Escalation of commitment is an individual's persistent behavior at sustaining commitment to an original decision or course of action. Although researchers have found that personality impacts escalation of commitment behavior, this study addressed a gap in escalation of commitment behavior regarding personality in higher education, which has consistently been ignored. Building on the self-justification theory, this study was an investigation of (a) whether perceived self-efficacy and dispositional optimism individually predicted escalation of commitment behavior; and (b) whether perceived self-efficacy and dispositional optimism jointly predicted escalation of commitment behavior after controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and tenure. Hierarchical regression was performed using a sample of 76 participants from a community college in Minnesota. Results suggested that only perceived self-efficacy will predict leaders' escalation of commitment behavior and not dispositional optimism. The result of this study has implications for positive social change by aiding effective leadership decision making, enabling better screening and recruiting process, and allowing organizations to develop specific training and intervention programs that will help educational leaders utilize their positive attributes appropriately. 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2200 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3303&context=dissertations Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies en ScholarWorks community college Course of action Educational leadership Escalation of commitment Optimism Self-efficacy Organizational Behavior and Theory Psychology
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topic community college
Course of action
Educational leadership
Escalation of commitment
Optimism
Self-efficacy
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Psychology
spellingShingle community college
Course of action
Educational leadership
Escalation of commitment
Optimism
Self-efficacy
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Psychology
Babatunde, Adebimpe Yetunde
Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
description Escalation of commitment is an individual's persistent behavior at sustaining commitment to an original decision or course of action. Although researchers have found that personality impacts escalation of commitment behavior, this study addressed a gap in escalation of commitment behavior regarding personality in higher education, which has consistently been ignored. Building on the self-justification theory, this study was an investigation of (a) whether perceived self-efficacy and dispositional optimism individually predicted escalation of commitment behavior; and (b) whether perceived self-efficacy and dispositional optimism jointly predicted escalation of commitment behavior after controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and tenure. Hierarchical regression was performed using a sample of 76 participants from a community college in Minnesota. Results suggested that only perceived self-efficacy will predict leaders' escalation of commitment behavior and not dispositional optimism. The result of this study has implications for positive social change by aiding effective leadership decision making, enabling better screening and recruiting process, and allowing organizations to develop specific training and intervention programs that will help educational leaders utilize their positive attributes appropriately.
author Babatunde, Adebimpe Yetunde
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title Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
title_short Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
title_full Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
title_fullStr Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism in Leaders' Behavioral Escalation of Commitment
title_sort perceived self-efficacy and dispositional optimism in leaders' behavioral escalation of commitment
publisher ScholarWorks
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url https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2200
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