Task self-efficacy and task interest as a function of performance on a gender-neutral task

Investigates several hypotheses about the relationships between performance on a gender-neutral task and gender self-efficacy, performance attributions, and task interest. Randomly assigned 92 subjects to a success or failure condition who attempted to solve a series of easy or difficult anagrams. R...

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Published in:Journal of vocational behavior 1987-04, Vol.30 (Apr 87), p.203-215
Main Authors: Hackett, G, Campbell, N K
Format: Article
Language:English
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Task performance
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Summary:Investigates several hypotheses about the relationships between performance on a gender-neutral task and gender self-efficacy, performance attributions, and task interest. Randomly assigned 92 subjects to a success or failure condition who attempted to solve a series of easy or difficult anagrams. Results indicate that changes in self-efficacy expectations as a result of task success or failure were in accordance with predictions from the self-efficacy theory. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0001-8791