PES Business Review

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The positive psychology movement has influenced organizational research as well as contemporary life pursuits. The present investigation is geared to examine the role of resilience and optimism in job efficacy. Two hundred and eight managers from industrial organizations participated in this study. They were individually administered standardized tests of resilience, optimism and job efficacy. Results indicated no sex difference with respect to efficacy dimensions. However, male managers exhibited greater optimism especially in the context of explaining negative events. Optimism and resilience were found to be significantly related. More importantly optimism and resilience were significantly associated with generalized selfefficacy, work-related efficacy and job efficacy. The findings were explained in the light of contemporary theories. Major implications were outlined in terms of possible intervention programs.

Keywords

Resilience, Optimism, Self-Efficacy, Role-Efficacy.
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