The role of subjective task complexity in goal orientation, self-efficacy,and performance relations

We examined the role of subjective task complexity in goal orientation effe cts on self-efficacy and performance on a computerized simulation of a clas s scheduling task (N = 138). Results indicated that goal orientation effect s on performance were mediated by subjective task complexity. In addition, our results revealed that subjective task complexity was related to self-ef ficacy but not cognitive ability. Moreover, subjective task complexity effe cts on performance were mediated by self-Efficacy, and goal orientation eff ects on self-efficacy were mediated by subjective task complexity. Results are discussed in terms of conceptual relations between goal orientation, su bjective task complexity, self-efficacy, rind performance.