RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AND LEARNING IN EMPLOYEE TRAINING - MEDIATING INFLUENCES OF SELF-DECEPTION AND SELF-EFFICACY

A field study of 97 employees tested a model of the mediating influenc es of self-deception and task-specific self-efficacy in the relationsh ip between conscientiousness and learning, The setting was an introduc tory Windows 3.1 software training course. Findings indicated Chat, as hypothesized, self-deception and self-efficacy mediated the relations hip between conscientiousness and learning. Specifically, conscientiou sness was positively related to self-deception, which was negatively r elated to learning, and conscientiousness was positively related to se lf-efficacy, which was positively related to learning. In addition, 4 alternative models were estimated. The results of the tests of the 4 a lternative models were not supported by the data, further substantiati ng the validity of the hypothesized model.