“The Influence of Big Five Personality Traits on Self-Efficacy: An Empirical Study Among Generation Z Undergraduate Students”

Self-efficacy, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Extraversion and Social Cognitive Theory

The present paper analyses the relationship between self-efficacy and Big Five personality trait among Generation Z undergraduates. Primary data were collected using the Generalized Self-Efficacy scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) and the 10-Item Big Five Inventory (BFI-10; Rammstedt & John, 2007) from 100 students through convenience sampling. The results reveal that female students score higher than male students across all five traits on an average. Four traits-Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness showed a positive but non-significant correlation with self-efficacy though none reach statistical significance, whereas Neuroticism demonstrated a statistically significant negative correlation (r = -0.225, p < 0.05) with general self-efficacy, indicating that emotional instability is linked to lower self-efficacy.