Increasing Oral Communication Self-Efficacy Improves Oral Communication and General Academic Performance

Thomas M. Cavanagh Dominican University of California ; Christopher Leeds Dominican University of California ; Janet M. Peters Washington State University Tri-Cities

Abstract

In order for students to effectively transfer oral communication skills from academic to professional settings, they must have high oral communication self-efficacy. We significantly increased oral communication self-efficacy in a sample of 97 undergraduate business majors by incorporating enactive mastery, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and physiological arousal into a business communication course. Self-efficacy was positively and significantly correlated with course performance, and increases in self-efficacy were positively and significantly correlated with changes in overall grade point average. By targeting self-efficacy, instructors can improve students’ oral communication skills and help them transfer these skills from academic to professional settings.

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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
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2019-12-01
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10.1177/2329490619853242
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