Workplace harassment did not significantly degrade teacher self-efficacy, plausibly due to a ceiling effect¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i0 The harassment → self-efficacy path was not significant (β=-0.055, n.s.); the article attributes this to restricted variance at the top of the self-efficacy scale. → Alave Mamani 2026

Evidence¶

Alave Mamani 2026¶

Alave Mamani, C. G., Tocto-Cano, E., Gonzales Medina, R. I., López-Gonzales, J. L., & Turpo-Chaparro, J. E. (2026). Multivariate modeling of organizational dynamics and faculty well-being in higher education. BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05450-0

q2 · i0 · associational · r2

Null structural path in the main WLSMV model (β=-0.055, n.s. per the hypothesis table). The article offers a "ceiling effect" account, noting self-efficacy responses "cluster at the high end of the 0–6 scale (M=4.81)"; equivalence was not tested.

"First, sustained exposure to workplace harassment did not significantly degrade teacher self-efficacy (H3). This attenuation may stem from a ceiling effect: self-efficacy responses cluster at the high end of the 0–6 scale (M=4.81), restricting the observable variance"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Self-Efficacy — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Both transformational and servant leadership are negatively associated with workplace harassment among university teachers — related
• Transformational leadership's protective effect against harassment operates among women but not men, while its self-efficacy effect operates among men but not women (exploratory) — related
• Servant leadership exhibits complementary partial mediation via self-efficacy, whereas transformational leadership shows a small indirect-only effect — related
• Measurement invariance across gender is supported, but full structural equivalence is rejected, with differences localized to transformational-leadership paths — related