So I am going to post the first item to get us started. This item has two foundations. One is the emphasis that Bandura places on agency in self-efficacy but collective efficacy especially. The second foundation is one of the two parts of collective efficacy, the idea that the people in your group are ready, willing and able to work together to achieve some goal,
I think I can get people to want to work together to solve a problem we think is important.
The key in this item is "wanting" to work together, they a member of the group can establish interest around a common problem or difficulty. There is nothing about barriers here though.
Dr. Glassman, thank you for sharing this item.
ReplyDeleteI really like the "wanting to work together" part because it includes the idea of group members' perception of the group. As I mentioned in our last class, putting higher value on the group and actually "wanting" to work with these people can be the first step to develop their collective efficacy.
However, I am a little concerned with "a problem we think is important" part because it can be a different issue. They might want to work together, but they might not have an agreement on which problem is important or which problem to focus on. People might encounter challenges/barriers if some of the group members are thinking differently on the importance of the problems. Having a problem that everyone perceive as an important one is very important in building collective efficacy, so I think it is meaningful to have it in our measure; but this item might be asking two different things in one item. People may agree to one part but not to the other part. Maybe I'm thinking too much on little things.
Dr. Glassman,
ReplyDeleteThanks for getting us started. I think the item you proposed is a good one, especially because of the simple, clear wording. I have to disagree with something you said. I do, in fact, think there is an allusion to barriers... when mentioning the "problem of shared interest". Doesn't the word problem imply a barrier of some kind? I think difficulty implies a challenge situation as well. Should the word problem be replaced with goal, then?