Page No.465-473
A. Karvendhanand K. N. Jayakumar
Periyar University, Salem
The present study explored the mediating role of self-efficacy on relationship between
grit and job placement. The sample of 267 final year undergraduate engineering students
consisted 124 males (46.4%) and 143 females (53.6%) aged between 20 – 23 years
with a Mean age of 21.32 years and SD ± 0.96 selected from Salem district of Tamil
Nadu state in India. The grit and generalized self-efficacy scales were administrated for
data collection. The results showed that self-efficacy correlated positively with grit,
perseverance of effort and consistency of interest. The grit, consistency of interest,
perseverance of effort and self-efficacy were significantly higher among the job-placed
than the job-unplaced undergraduate engineering students. The mediation analysis
showed a significant indirect effect of grit on job placement through self-efficacy. The
study has practical implications for educational institutions, college faculties, trainers
and also has theoretical implications by contributing to the existing literature.