Krishnan, Aditya (2025) Energy Management Self-efficacy: Validation of a New Measurement Tool Using Structural Equation Modelling. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Amid a growing "human energy crisis" employee performance across organisational contexts (Onyemelukwe et al., 2023), an often-overlooked measurement gap persists. While human energy research has typically focused on energy management behaviours, it has underestimated the latent role of self-efficacy in pragmatically regulating their energy levels. This research addresses this gap by providing the first comprehensive validation of Richard Köhlmann's (2023) five-item Energy Management Self-Efficacy (SWE-E) scale, in a non-clinical working population. The data was extracted from a cross-sectional survey of 1,283 German-speaking workers and analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The scale’s convergent validity was tested against general and professional self-efficacy; its discriminant validity from role conflict and self-endangering work behaviours; and its criterion-related validity in predicting vitality and work fatigue. The SWE-E scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency and structural integrity. Moderately strong positive relationships with general and professional self-efficacies, substantiated convergent validity. Discriminant validity was revealed through its distinction from role conflict and 10 self-endangering work behaviours, meeting both Fornell-Larcker and HTMT criteria. SWE-E demonstrated criterion-related in its strong positive association with vitality and moderately strong negative associations with work fatigue. Incremental validity was also accounted for, with SWE-E explaining substantial additional variance in vitality and all three dimensions of work fatigue, above and beyond the other two broader self-efficacy measures. The SWE-E scale is a reliable, valid, and practical instrument for measuring an employee's belief in their ability to self-regulate energy levels amidst work demands.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Weigelt, O. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2025 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2025 14:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5906 |
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