Assessing the Impact of a Role Model in the Construction of Professional Identities

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dc.contributor.advisorSamir Nurmohamed
dc.contributor.authorAdejare, Adedotun R.
dc.date2023-05-17T21:20:40.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T04:47:54Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T04:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-01
dc.date.submitted2018-10-24T08:09:46-07:00
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the effects of the presence of a role model on self-efficacy among individuals who are new to an organization. This research was conducted through an Amazon Mechanical Turk experiment in April 2018. We randomized 60 participants into two groups: role model group and control group. Participants in the role model group (group 1) were asked to respond to a prompt by describing an individual they consider a role model and any interactions that occurred or that was witnessed with that individual. Participants in the control group were asked to describe an individual in their firm and any positive or negative interactions witnessed. After the completion of this task, participants completed a set of survey questions, including the Rosenberg Self-esteem questionnaire and the General Self-Efficacy questionnaire. To conclude, we were unable to demonstrate that individuals in role model group had significantly higher appraisal of their own self-efficacy when compared to the control group.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/49218
dc.legacy.articleid1173
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1173&context=wharton_research_scholars&unstamped=1
dc.source.issue173
dc.source.journalWharton Research Scholars
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.otherrole model
dc.subject.othercareer
dc.subject.otherself-efficacy
dc.subject.otherprofessional identity
dc.subject.otheremployee
dc.subject.othernew hire
dc.subject.otherBusiness
dc.titleAssessing the Impact of a Role Model in the Construction of Professional Identities
dc.typeDissertation/Thesis
digcom.contributor.authorAdejare, Adedotun R.
digcom.identifierwharton_research_scholars/173
digcom.identifier.contextkey13153850
digcom.identifier.submissionpathwharton_research_scholars/173
digcom.typethesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
upenn.schoolDepartmentCenterWharton Research Scholars
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