Project management self-efficacy as a predictor of project performance : Constructing and validating a domain-specific scale

Measures of self-efficacy beliefs have been shown to be the best predictor of individual performance in many disciplines over 30 years. This makes measures of perceived self-efficacy a good indicat ...

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