Self-management perceptions and practices: a structural equations analysis

Self-management has many potential benefits for organizations. However, app lication of self-management to organizational settings has been hampered by lack of theoretical frameworks for self-management specifically applied to work settings and by a corresponding dearth of psychometrically sound meas ures. This paper presents results of structural equations modeling of measu res of self-management anchored in a revised version of the Brief and Aldag (1981) model of the self in organizational behavior. Using confirmatory fa ctor analysis procedures (CFA), two a priori measures of self-management ar e examined. Results point to two relatively distinct facets of self-managem ent, each of them composed of four relatively independent subscales. Finall y, a structural model evidencing a pervasive set of relationships between s elf-management perceptions and self-management practices is provided. Copyr ight (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.