Self-efficacy, job satisfaction and job performance among Uganda insurance sector employees

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the relationship among self-efficacy, job satisfaction and job performance. The study adopted a correlational research design and adopted a simple random sampling technique to draw a sample of 89 respondents. Data was collected from respondents using self-administered questionnaires, entered into a computer package software called Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 23.0) and thereafter analyzed. Results from Pearson product-moment correlation Coefficient (r) indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between self-efficacy and job satisfaction; there was a positive significant relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. Finally, there was no significant relationship between self-efficacy and job performance.Thus, based on the findings managers should improve the self-efficacy of the employees through effective training initiatives and make them successfully perform the complex tasks. Also, managers should also improve the cognitive skills and support them in taking up challenging tasks through training