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THE VARYING EFFECTS OF SELFEFFICACY AND CREATIVE COGNITION ON EMPLOYEES ADAPTABILITY IN UNCERTAIN WORK SITUATIONS

14 Pages : 186-199

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).14      10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).14      Published : Jun 2023

The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations

    This research paper aims to expand the literature on employee adaptability in uncertain situations by establishing its relationship with creative cognition. The study also tests the interacting effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between creative cognition and adaptability. A self-administered survey was conducted on 431 healthcare professionals working in central districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data was tested through regression analysis on SPSS version 23 to analyze the relationship hypothesized in a theoretical framework. The results of the analysis demonstrated that creative cognition predicts employee adaptability in uncertainty. The results also affirmed that this relationship become more strengthened for employees with high self-efficacy. The research study makes a valuable contribution to employee adaptability pieces of literature by examining the relationship between creative cognition and employee adaptability in uncertain and unpredictable work situations and by witnessing self-efficacy as an interacting variable such as that higher value of self-efficacy will strengthen the established relationship of creative cognition and adaptability.The study also expressed the managerial implications, limitations of the study and future directions also discussed.

    Creative cognition, Self-efficacy, Adaptability, Uncertainty
    (1) Zia ul Islam
    Ph.D. Scholar, Air University School of Management, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Ali Assadullah
    Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Air University, Multan campus, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Islam, Z. u., & Assadullah, M. A. (2023). The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations. Global Economics Review, VIII(II), 186-199. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).14
    CHICAGO : Islam, Zia ul, and Muhammad Ali Assadullah. 2023. "The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations." Global Economics Review, VIII (II): 186-199 doi: 10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).14
    HARVARD : ISLAM, Z. U. & ASSADULLAH, M. A. 2023. The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations. Global Economics Review, VIII, 186-199.
    MHRA : Islam, Zia ul, and Muhammad Ali Assadullah. 2023. "The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations." Global Economics Review, VIII: 186-199
    MLA : Islam, Zia ul, and Muhammad Ali Assadullah. "The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations." Global Economics Review, VIII.II (2023): 186-199 Print.
    OXFORD : Islam, Zia ul and Assadullah, Muhammad Ali (2023), "The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations", Global Economics Review, VIII (II), 186-199
    TURABIAN : Islam, Zia ul, and Muhammad Ali Assadullah. "The Varying Effects of Self-efficacy and Creative Cognition on Employees' Adaptability in Uncertain Work Situations." Global Economics Review VIII, no. II (2023): 186-199. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).14