Date of Publication

5-2020

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Psychology Major in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Subject Categories

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Carla Ong

Abstract/Summary

This study aimed to investigate whether Transformational Leadership Style and personality types of Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness increases the level of Occupational Self-Efficacy among employees who work in a virtual setting from selected institutions in Metro Manila, Philippines. The study also examined whether Degree of Virtuality could moderate the relationship between these variables. The study further explored how employees and leaders contribute to the level of Occupational Self-Efficacy. There were 400 participants who answered the Transformational Leadership Scale, Big Five Inventory (BF-44), Virtuality Index and Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale Short-Form (OSS-SF). Furthermore, 97 out of the 400 participants answered the open-ended questions for employees. There were 20 supervisors of the participants who answered the open-ended questions for leaders. The data was analyzed using simple and multiple regression analysis method. The results showed that Transformational Leadership Style and personality types of Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness has a strong relationship with Occupational Self-Efficacy. The Degree of Virtuality has a significant inverse moderating effect on the relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and personality type of Openness to Experience and Occupational Self-Efficacy. Both the relationship between personality types of Conscientiousness and Agreeableness and Occupational Self-Efficacy are not moderated by Degree of Vrituality. Clear goal setting, leveraging on technology, collaboration with colleagues and leaders, organization and time management and leadership style contributes to employees’ and leaders’ effectiveness in a virtual work environment. Recommendations for future research were presented.

Keywords: Virtual Work Environment, Leadership Style, Personality Types, Occupational SelfEfficacy, Correlation, Moderation, Philippines

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Physical Description

130 leaves

Keywords

Virtual work; Work environment--Philippines--Metro Manila; Transformational leadership

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5-27-2022

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