The Role of Self-Efficacy in Female Post-Secondary Leadership
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wallin, Dawn | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cottrell, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Squires, Vicki | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Tunison, Scott | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hellsten-Bzovey, Laurie-Ann | |
| dc.creator | Yasinian, Maryam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T17:59:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T17:59:05Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2019-11 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12-04 | |
| dc.date.submitted | November 2019 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-12-04T17:59:06Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative study explored the relationship between leadership development of female academics and self-efficacy. Although self-efficacy has become one of the key variables employed to understand and facilitate people's career development, less attention has focused on studying the relationship between self-efficacy and female academics' career paths into leadership positions. The conceptual framework of this study was based upon Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory from which the construct of self-efficacy was developed. Multiple iterations of semi-structured interviews were conducted with three female faculty members who held leadership positions in social science disciplines and STEM fields. Three significant findings were identified: (1) self-efficacy influences leadership development in multi-faceted and dynamic ways; (2) Bandura's four sources of self-efficacy shape women's senses of self-efficacy which then influence leadership development, and; (3) self-efficacy influences multiple areas of occupational behaviour, including persistence, optimism, motivation, and adaptive career behaviours. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12475 | |
| dc.subject | Self-efficacy, Leadership | |
| dc.title | The Role of Self-Efficacy in Female Post-Secondary Leadership | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Educational Administration | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Educational Administration | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Education (M.Ed.) |