Self-efficacy and academic programme satisfaction: mediating effect of meaningfulness of study

Abstract

PurposeThe paper examined the mediating effect of meaningfulness of study on the relation between self-efficacy and academic programme satisfaction within higher education setup.Design/methodology/approachA total of 376 randomly selected students took part in the study by completing a self-reported survey. Data were analysed using PLS-SEM.FindingsResults suggest self-efficacy and meaningfulness of studies positively predict student's satisfaction with academic programme. Besides, meaningfulness of study mediates the relation between self-efficacy and student's satisfaction of academic programme.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to provide empirical evidence of the influence of meaningfulness of studies on self-efficacy and student academic programme satisfaction in the higher education context.