Resumo

CERNAS ORTIZ, Daniel Arturo. The Past, the Present, the Future, and Occupational Self-efficacy: An Attributions and Cultural Differences Perspective between Postgraduate Students in the United States and Mexico. Nóesis, Rev. cienc. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.31, n.61, pp.134-154.  Epub 22-Ago-2022. ISSN 2395-8669.  https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2022.1.7.

This study´s objective was to examine empirical relationships between three dimensions of time perspective (future, present fatalistic, and past negative) and occupational self-efficacy. Occupational self-efficacy refers to the belief that one can mobilize necessary resources to meet the situation demands encountered in a work-related occupational domain (Schyns & von Collani, 2002). By surveying Mexican (n = 286) and U.S. (n = 272) respondents, we also tested the moderating role of culture. Regression analyses revealed that time perspective dimensions have significant associations with occupational self-efficacy, being future time perspective more potent than its past negative and present fatalistic counterparts. Moderation analyses indicated that none of the examined time perspective-self-efficacy relationships varied significantly between the U.S. and Mexico. Overall, this study suggests that relationships between time perspective and occupational self-efficacy vary according to different temporal dimensions, that future time perspective is key to developing occupational self-efficacy, and that cultural values may not significantly influence on the time perspective-occupational self-efficacy connection.

Palavras-chave : time perspective; self-efficacy; cultural differences; moderation analysis.

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