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The impact of self-efficacy and optimism on Melbourne business owners’ post-traumatic growth post-pandemic: A gendered perspective.
The covid 19 pandemic has been globally taxing. The city of Melbourne has surpassed Buenos Aires and has gained the world record title for the time most spent in lockdown. In total, the people of Melbourne have endured 260 days over six lockdowns between March 2020 – October 2021. As such, the widespread economic toll the state has faced is devasting. Moreover, the latest research indicates that approximately 17% of Australians across varying industries experienced mental distress in April 2020 (University of Melbourne, 2020). This quantitative study aimed to examine the impact of self-efficacy and optimism on Melbourne business owners’ post-traumatic growth, thus understanding the varying degrees of both personal and business success post-pandemic. Correlations demonstrated that there was a significant positive relationship between general self-efficacy and post-traumatic growth, and age and gender also contributed to this positive relationship. Optimism demonstrated a markedly weak association with post-traumatic growth. Training programs can be designed and implemented in the workplace to support the growth and development of self-efficacy and optimism in times of crisis.
Self-Efficacy
Optimism
Post-traumatic Growth
According to existing literature, self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviours necessary to produce specific performance attainments. It reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behaviour, and social environment.
With many definitions having been written in the attempt to best describe the concept optimism, one might embrace the following description to best understand that optimism is a construct that offers opportunity and scope for an attitude of hopefulness. Optimistic people are individuals who anticipate positive outcomes, whether serendipitously or through perseverance and effort, and who are confident of attaining desired goals.
Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is a theory that explains significant transformation following trauma. It was developed by psychologists Richard Tedeschi, PhD, and Lawrence Calhoun, PhD, in the mid-1990s, and suggests that people who endure psychological struggle following adversity can often see positive growth afterward.
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Self-Efficacy, Optimism & Post-Traumatic Growth
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