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¶ … 2006 study by David Le Foll and Olivier Rascle entitled "Persistence in a Putting Task During Perceived Failure: Influence of State-attributions and Attributional Style" in Applied Psychology, one of the critical elements of maximizing one's ability to learn from any given situation is that of perceived efficacy. The study's authors focused on different attributional dimensions or personality traits and their effect upon learning. The authors gave particular attention the effects of subject's locus of control, the sense that the individual controls his or her environment and whether the person assumes external or internal states cause things to go well or fail. (Le Foll & Rascle 2006: 587). They studied 101 novice golf students and found that those students who practiced more during allotted break periods had a higher sense of self-efficacy and optimism. They had a stronger belief in their ability to control their environment, and thus exhibited greater motivation to succeed in at the task.
For workplace leaders, these results are significant. First, it highlights the importance of making all employees feel involved in planning and organizing a project. This gives employees a sense of ownership and control over the process and the result. Fostering a sense of control over the result and the orientation of an effort increases levels of persistence and motivation to succeed. Micromanaging employees can have the opposite effect. Secondly, optimism about success was strongly correlated with persistence and continued motivation. The results of the article thus confirms the idea that management is a participatory process, and that leaders must not simply dictate, which takes away the individual's sense of empowerment, rather leaders must listen and strive to learn from others. They should ideally approach their task with the expectation that it will succeed, and their employees will shine.
Works Cited
Le Foll, David & Olivier Rascle. (2006). Applied Psychology. 55(4)586-605.
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