ISBN:
9781781906002
Content:
Seven past field-experimental attempts to produce Pygmalion effects by training managers yielded meager results (Eden et al, 2000). The present effort bolstered the Pygmalion approach with special emphasis on means efficacy, defined as belief in the utility of the tools available for performing a job. Six randomly assigned anti-aircraft gunnery instructors received a one-day Pygmalion workshop with special emphasis on self-efficacy and means efficacy before beginning instruction in a new round of a course; eight control instructors received an interpersonal communication workshop. The trainees of the experimental instructors reported higher self-efficacy, means efficacy, and motivation, and obtained higher scores on written examinations and on performance tests than did the trainees of the control instructors. This is the first true-experimental confirmation of the effectiveness of Pygmalion training among instructors of adults and the first replication of the means-efficacy findings.
In:
Transformational and Charismatic Leadership, Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013, (2013), Seite 337-358, 9781781906002
In:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
In:
year:2013
In:
pages:337-358
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1108/S1479-357120130000005025
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