Self esteem and its relation to confidence levels
The following pages focus on discussing the relationship between self esteem, confidence, and performance. The paper discusses the development of self esteem and its development, but also its influence on the levels of confidence. The paper also addresses the influence of these factors on work performance.
The issue of self esteem is one of the most important factors that influence the success of individuals. The performance of individuals on professional level determines the success of companies, which makes them very interested in the self esteem and confidence of their employees. It has been observed that self esteem influence the level of confidence of the individual, with important effects on the performance level.
Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Academic Intellectual Performance
The research on the relationship between self-esteem and intellectual performance places a lot of emphases on the gap of achievement and is generally concerned with clearly identifying the factors which bring about differential intellectual results among the categories of ethnic. According to research work, much focus is given to eradicating the gap in the intellectual achievement in the academic life of various male and female students across the world. Research based on both Male and Female students has been able to show that, the expected rate of graduating from school for students with African origin studying in the US is around 53% on average (Antonio 1999). This is in comparison to a percentage of around 78% for students in the US with origin. American students African origin in several colleges complete their studies, which normally takes a period of four years, at about 25% rate below their counterparts having the European origin but studying in the US. This is seen as one of the slowest rate of completion compared with the other ethnic categories (Rosenthal, & Jacobson 2006).
Self-esteem and procrastination: relationships and effects
here is a substantial amount of indirect evidence presented in the literature that suggests a strong negative correlation between self-esteem and procrastination, such that high levels of self-esteem are generally associated with lower rates of procrastination, less severe or extreme procrastination, and/or lower levels of adverse effects from procrastination