The Current Interdisciplinary Scientific Discourse on the Concept of “Personal Effectiveness”

Abstract

The article focuses on an exploration of the concept of “personal effectiveness”,
which is currently becoming an increasingly relevant construct in modern scientific
discourse. A systematic content analysis of the concept of “personal effectiveness”
has been conducted within the scope of the study. This analysis has revealed a
variety of approaches to defining the concept, which have been articulated and
elaborated upon within the framework of contemporary scientific reflections by
both Ukrainian and international researchers. These interpretations encompass a
broad spectrum of academic perspectives and methodological orientations.
Among these, the study identifies including general-scientific (system-cybernetic,
interdisciplinary), specific-scientific (psychological, psychophysiological), and
structural-operational (subject-based, competency-based, personality-activity
based) approaches. Among the numerous theoretical foundations that underpin
the study of personal effectiveness, particular and focused attention is devoted to
the influential concept of self-efficacy, as formulated by prominent psychologist
A. Bandura in 1997. The article demonstrates that the application of the cognitive
method of conceptualization allows the disclosure of the multi-layered and
complex nature of the following concept. Moreover, this method highlights the
existence of synonymic expressions, which are considered significant conceptual
features and indicators of its interpretative diversity.