Outdoor adventures, self-efficacy, and proactive work behaviors

The modern work environment is characterized by continuous changes involving mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and organizational restructuring. To persevere in this context, employees are now implicitly required to demonstrate more proactivity when carrying out their job functions. Although proactive work behaviors seem to predict career and organizational achievement, relatively little research has examined the underlying process that stimulates such behaviors in employees. The present research addressed this gap by testing the hypothesis that the positive relationship between successful completion of an outdoor adventure training (OA) program and future proactive work behaviors is mediated by a person’s self-efficacy. Two studies were conducted; Study 1 was cross-sectional and retrospective in nature while Study 2 used a repeated measures design to draw causal inferences. Both studies showed partial support for the proposed hypothesis.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Hopkins, Jennifer

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cunningham, Christopher J. L.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Self-efficacy -- Effect of outdoor recreation on
• Recreational therapy

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/291

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1431