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Social Cognitive Theory of Organizational Management
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This article analyzes organizational functioning from the perspective of social cognitive theory, which explains psychosocial functioning in terms of triadic reciprocal causation. In this causal structure, behavior, cognitive, and other personal factors and environmental events operate as interacting determinants that influence each other bidirectionally. The application of the theory is illustrated in a series of experiments of complex managerial decision making, using a simulated organization. The interactional causal structure is tested in conjunction with experimentally varied organizational properties and belief systems that can enhance or undermine the operation of the self-regulatory determinants. Induced beliefs about the controllability of organizations and the conception of managerial ability strongly affect both managers' self-regulatory processes and their organizational attainments. Organizational complexity and assigned performance standards also serve as contributing influences. Path analys...
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“Group work, report presentations, and internships may have filled in the role of guided skill mastery, where students put to practice their recently developed skills in a 'safe' space with feedback (Wood and Bandura, 1989).”
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“Furthermore, realistic verbal persuasion is helpful in overcoming lack of selfconfidence, improving self-regulation, encouraging individuals to put in more effort in performing a task (Wood and Bandura, 1989)”
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“Internal and external school competitions may have played the final role of allowing students to take on directly increasingly difficult tasks that can build and stabilize their self-efficacy (Wood and Bandura, 1989).”
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“The interactions with mentors and lessons on product development may have helped impart entrepreneurial skills and affirmed the self-belief of students about their capabilities (Wood and Bandura, 1989).”
From Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Efficacy and Alertness among Adolescent Youth (2018) · cites this paper as Wood and Bandura, 1989
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“The presence of three crucial elements of mastery modeling (Wood and Bandura, 1989) in active/hands-on activities may have contributed to their effectiveness in building self-efficacy in the entrepreneurial skillset.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wood, R., & Bandura, A.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Stanford University (US)
- ORCID
- Wood, Robert
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1989-07
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 361
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009158521
- Cited by
- 3,357
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 132 · 2025: 168 · 2024: 189 · 2023: 217 · 2022: 189 · 2021: 209 · 2020: 220 · 2019: 153 · 2018: 180 · 2017: 143 · 2016: 135 · 2015: 148 · 2014: 144 · 2013: 117 · 2012: 129
- FWCI
- 35.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- social cognitive theory, organizational management, management decision-making, self-regulation, organizational complexity, performance standards, belief systems, perceived controllability, management skills
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