The Influence of Employees' Self-Efficacy on Their Quality of Work Life: The Case of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

Employees today are spending more time in the workplace in response to job insecurity, workplace demands, financial pressures etc. The purpose of the study was to find out the current status of employees’ self-efficacy and QWL, and the extent to which self-efficacy of employees influence their QWL. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and the One-Way ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Sample: 70 from service institutions, 50 from financial institutions and 80 from educational institutions. There was a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy, educational level and QWL of employees; no significant influences of employees’ age and tenure on their self-efficacy.