Mediating Influence of General Process Management Competency on the Relationship between Task Inattentiveness and Self-Efficacy for Teamwork among Management Students

Q: What is the main research purpose of the study?

To examine whether general process management competency (GPMC) mediates the relationship between task inattentiveness (TIA) and self-efficacy for teamwork (SETW).

Q: How was the data collected and analyzed?

164 graduate management students completed self-assessment measures for TIA and SETW, and a close associate provided an observer version of the GPMC measure. Product moment correlations were used, and mediation was tested using the Hayes process and the Sobel test.

Q: What were the key findings regarding mediation?

SETW was significantly correlated with TIA and GPMC, and TIA was significantly correlated with GPMC. Both the Hayes process and Sobel test confirmed that GPMC fully mediated the relationship between TIA and SETW.

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Purpose: Examine how general process management competency (GPMC) mediates the relationship between task inattentiveness (TIA) and self-efficacy for teamwork (SETW). Design/methodology/approach: Survey 164 graduate management students; collect self-assessment data for TIA and SETW and an observer-based GPMC measure. Correlations assess links among variables; Hayes process and the Sobel test evaluate mediation. Findings: SETW correlates with TIA and GPMC; TIA correlates with GPMC, and mediation is confirmed as full. Practical implications: Inform educators’ integrated teaching strategies to address inattentiveness and build GPMC to strengthen teamwork confidence.

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Research Article Ann Soc Sci Manage Stud Volume 9 Issue 4-October 2023 DOI: 10. 19080/ASM.2023.09.555766 Copyright © All rights are reserved by Graeme H Coetzer Mediating Influence of General Process Management Competency on the relationship between Task Inattentiveness and Self-Efficacy for Teamwork among Management Students Graeme H Coetzer1*, Joseph Omonuk2 and Sung No3 1Associate Professor of Organizational Management and Development, College of Business, Southern University, USA 2Professor, College of Business, Southern University, USA 3Professor, College of Business, Southern University, USA Submission: August 25, 2023; Published: October 13, 2023 *Corresponding author: Graeme H Coetzer, Associate Professor of Organizational Management and Development, College of Business, Southern University, 801 Harding Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70807, USA, [Email: graeme.coetzer@sus.edu](Email: graeme.coetzer@sus.edu) Abstract Purpose: This research study examines the mediating influence of general process management competency (GPMC) on the relationship between task inattentiveness (TIA) and self-efficacy for teamwork (SETW) . Design/methodology/approach: One hundred and sixty-four graduate management students completed self-assessment measures of TIA and SETW, and identified a close associate who completed an observer version of a general process management competency measure. Product moment correlations were used to examine the hypothesized relationships between SETW and both TIA and GPMC, and both the Hayes process and the Sobel test were used to test the hypothesis that GPMC mediates the relationship between TIA and SETW. Findings: SETW was significantly correlated with both TIA (r = -0.24, p < 0.01) and GPMC (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) . TIA was significantly correlated with GPMC (r = -0.33, p < 0.01). Both the Hayes process and Sobel test (Z = -3.49, p < 0.00) confirmed that GPMC fully mediated the relationship between TA and SETW. Practical implications: Business and management educators need to be aware of the influence of task inattentiveness and general process management competency on self-efficacy for teamwork. Teaching strategies and other developmental resources that address task inattentiveness and promote general process management competency in an integrated manner may help improve self confidence in teamwork, which is a key contributor to team member effectiveness. Originality/value: This is the first study to examine the relationships between TIA, GPMC and SETW. The results of this study highlight the importance of developing teaching strategies and developmental resources that enhance both task attentiveness and general process management competency in an integrated manner to promote greater confidence in ability to work in teams. Keywords: Process Management; Process Management Competencies; Self-Efficacy for Teamwork; Self-Efficacy for Project Teams; Project Teams; Attention Deficit Abbreviations: GPMC: General Process Management Competency; SETW: Self-Efficacy for Teamwork; TIA: Task Inattentiveness; GTIP: General Theory of Individual Performance Introduction Organizations are increasingly viewed as having multiple simultaneous forms including cultural, political, learning, mechanistic, organic, psychological and many others (Lederer, Knapp & Schott, 2017; Morgan, 2006; Scott & Davis, 2015) . Included within these varying points of view is the open systems perspective which has become the dominant overarching paradigm in the organizational sciences (Levasseur, 2004; Millet, 1998) . The open systems perspective, which views organizations as a set of evolving interactions both within and between organizational and environmental elements, has shifted attention from organizational elements to processes (Hernes, 2014; Langley & Tsoukas, 2010; Yoon & Kuchinke, 2005) . Discrete entities, states, and events have dissolved into a network of processes which have dissolved into further

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What is the main research purpose of the study?

To examine whether general process management competency (GPMC) mediates the relationship between task inattentiveness (TIA) and self-efficacy for teamwork (SETW).

How was the data collected and analyzed?

164 graduate management students completed self-assessment measures for TIA and SETW, and a close associate provided an observer version of the GPMC measure. Product moment correlations were used, and mediation was tested using the Hayes process and the Sobel test.

What were the key findings regarding mediation?

SETW was significantly correlated with TIA and GPMC, and TIA was significantly correlated with GPMC. Both the Hayes process and Sobel test confirmed that GPMC fully mediated the relationship between TIA and SETW.

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