New General Self-Efficacy Scale.
NGSE
Generalized self-efficacy - one's belief in one's overall capability to meet task demands across situations (unidimensional, work-relevant).
- Length and format
- 8 items. 5-point Likert (strongly disagree -> strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages incl. ES, ZH, DE, FR, NL, PT, TR, AR (validated adaptations).
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Chen, G., Gully, S. M., & Eden, D. (2001). Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale. Organizational Research Methods, 4, 62-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/109442810141004
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