Enhancing Performance: A Model for Collective Efficacy

Enhancing Performance: A Model for Collective Efficacy

Suzana Dobric Veiss | 2020

Abstract

Collective efficacy serves as an important determinant of performance. This study, a sociorhetorical criticism inner texture analysis of Joshua 3 and 4, attempted to determine the significance and implications of the Israelites’ crossing of the Jordan River. Given the importance of collective efficacy beliefs to effective organizational performance, the current study asked, Does the collective efficacy evident in the Israelites crossing the Jordan support or negate the contemporary understanding of the concept of collective efficacy? By examining the collective efficacy of the Israelites, this study contributed to the contemporary understanding of the concept of collective efficacy. The study identified important principles that help increase the understanding of collective efficacy construct at the group, organizational, and national level. Based on these principles, a model of collective efficacy was presented.