The purpose of this paper is to test a positive spiral of self-efficacy among public employees. The spiral proposes that self-efficacy is positively related to extra-role behaviors. These behaviors in turn are positively related to subsequent self-efficacy.,A total of 260 public employees participated in three waves of data collection: self-efficacy (T1); extra-role behaviors (T2); self-efficacy (T3).,The results confirmed the existence of a positive spiral of self-efficacy. There was a positive and significant link from self-efficacy of employees (T1) to extra-role behaviors (T2). In addition, it was found a positive and significant relationship between extra-role behaviors (T2) and subsequent self-efficacy (T3) once the link from self-efficacy in T1 and T3 was controlled for. The mediation role of extra-role behaviors was also confirmed.,The examination of positive spirals is one of the critical challenges of the investigation of personal resources. In the current research study, the authors test the positive spiral of a critical personal resource such as self-efficacy. Additionally, the lagged design permits a solid test of the aforementioned spiral.

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公职人员自我效能的积极螺旋式上升

本文的目的是检验公职人员自我效能的积极螺旋。螺旋表明自我效能感与角色外行为成正相关。这些行为又与随后的自我效能感呈正相关。共有260名公共雇员参加了三轮数据收集：自我效能感（T1）；自我效能感（T1）。角色外行为（T2）; 自我效能感（T3）。结果证实了自我效能感正螺旋的存在。员工的自我效能感（T1）与角色外行为（T2）之间存在积极且重要的联系。此外，一旦控制了T1和T3中自我效能的联系，就发现了角色外行为（T2）与随后的自我效能（T3）之间存在正相关关系。还证实了角色外行为的中介作用。积极螺旋的检查是调查个人资源的关键挑战之一。在当前的研究中，作者测试了诸如自我效能感等关键个人资源的正向螺旋。另外，滞后的设计允许对上述螺旋线进行可靠的测试。