A comparative study of self-efficacy and psychological well-being among managers of public and private sectors

Pages: 1609-1613
Sadia Khan (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study is a comparative study of self-efficacy and psychological well-being among managers employed in private sector organisation and public sector organisation. The sample comprised of 100 middle level managers drawn randomly from the public and private sectors with n=50 from each sector. The Personal Efficacy scale, Singh and Kumari (1990) and Psychological Well-Being scale, Nishizawa (1996)were used. The data were analysed with the help of Mean, SD and “t-test”. Results of the present investigation indicated remarkable difference for variable of self-efficacy as well as for psychological well-being between the managers belonging to public sector organisations and private sector organisations. It was also found that self-efficacy and psychological well-being of managers in private sector have been found better as compared to public sector.