Factors Influencing Leadership Self-Efficacy and their Effect on the Same among the Employees within the Manufacturing Engineering Industries

Abstract

This research investigates several elements that influence leadership self-efficacy and its impact on leadership self-efficacy. Developing leadership skills is progressively becoming a new approach for the team in charge of human resource development. Organisations look for employees who have self-efficacy who would take up their leadership positions effectively, which improves their group efficacy among the co-workers in the organisation. The data was collected between January and May 2019, from 695 employees occupying the Middle level and Junior level positions selected randomly from the organisations within the manufacturing engineering industries in the Coimbatore district. The factors included in this paper are Mentoring (NML), Learning Goal Orientation (LGO), Self-confidence (SC) and Culture that Supports change (CSC). The study concluded that mentoring and self-confidence play an essential role among the factors in enhancing leadership self-efficacy. On the other hand, employees find it difficult to manage changes and uncertainties, as they receive low organisational support, which hinders their efficacy. Thus, the result suggests that organisations could have a more open corporate culture and climate, allowing more interactions. This may help many employees identify their mentors to grow with good leadership self-efficacy and improve their leadership skills.