Organizational-Based Self-Esteem and Managerial Behaviors

Abstract

This investigation posited a positive relationship between the level of an employee's organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) (i.e., the degree to which an individual has a sense of personal adequacy as an organizational member) and their effectiveness in carrying out several administrative/managerial behaviors (e.g., planning, coordinating, decision making, controlling). The study was conducted on a sample of professionals in a midwestern utility. OBSE, assessed at time-one, significantly correlated with seven out of 10 behaviors, overall performance, and extra-role behaviors each of which was assessed a-months later.