Effects of Social Comparison Effect on Self-Efficacy and Subjective Well-Being of Employees - Case on Medical Industry
Effects of Social Comparison Effect on Self-Efficacy and Subjective Well-Being of Employees - Case on Medical Industry
Author(s): Chia-Ling YAOSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Evaluation research, Management and complex organizations, Health and medicine and law, Human Ecology
Published by: Expert Projects Publishing
Keywords: medical industry; social comparison; self-efficacy; subjective well-being; self-evaluation;
Summary/Abstract: From the cradle to the end of human life, it is the process of a series of social comparison and self-evaluation which generally exists in daily life and deeply affects social interaction process. For this reason, the topic presents the meaning and importance for the cultivation. Medical industry, as an emerging service industry, is considered as the internationally new wellness revolution after IT industry. Taking biotechnology and life science as the precursors, medical industry, covering health service functions of medical health, nutrition and health care, as well as fitness and leisure, would become the primary industry leading global economic development and social progress in the 21st century. Taking employees of Fujian Health Industrial Park as the research objects, total 360 copies of questionnaire are distributed. After removing invalid and incomplete copies, 241 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 67%. The research results show significantly positive correlations between 1.social comparison and self-efficacy, 2.self-efficacy and subjective well-being, and 3.social comparison and subjective well-being. According to the results, suggestions are proposed as the important reference for guiding the work and life adjustment of employees in medical industry as well as promoting the self-efficacy.
Journal: Revista de Cercetare şi Intervenţie Socială
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 71
- Page Range: 162-175
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English