An Examination of Self-Leadership Performance Mechanism Model in Thai Private Organization

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine self-leadership performancemechanism model by analyzing the relationship between self-leadership,psychological empowerment, self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and job performance.The samples were 577 employees from one private company in Bangkok. Datacollection was done through questionnaires and data acquired fromquestionnaires were analyzed by using structural equation modeling analysis.Study results showed that the measurement model of self leadership which had asecond-order factor structure was retained as the best fit model with datacollected from the samples, and was better than other measurement models.In addition, the relationship model between latent variables of self-leadership,psychological empowerment, self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and job performancewere tested well by the researcher as the best fit model with data collected fromthe samples; in which self leadership directly affected psychological empowerment,self-efficacy and job performance, and indirectly affected job performance.

Keywords: self-leadership, psychological empowerment, self-efficacy, jobsatisfaction, job performance, self-leadership performance mechanism model