PENGARUH KOMPETENSI TERHADAP SELF-EFFICACY DALAM MENGHADAPI SELEKSI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (STUDI PADA MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN BISNIS UNIVERSITAS PADJADJARAN)

Abstract

This study aims to measure the level of Competency, the level of Self-Efficacy, and the effect of Competency on Self-Efficacy in facing Management Trainee program selection among final-year students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran (FEB Unpad). The study was motivated by a preliminary survey of 38 final-year students showing that 47.3% remained hesitant or unconfident about the selection despite having adequate competency records. A quantitative method with a descriptive-verificative approach was employed. Primary data were collected through a Likert-scale questionnaire distributed to 125 respondents selected via proportionate stratified random sampling. Competency was measured using the eight-dimension NACE (2021) framework, while Self-Efficacy was measured using Bandura's (in Schunk & DiBenedetto, 2023) three dimensions: Magnitude, Strength, and Generality. Data were analyzed using SEM-PLS with SmartPLS 4. The results show Competency falls into the High category (mean = 3.684) while Self-Efficacy falls into the Moderate category (mean = 3.389). Competency positively and significantly affects Self-Efficacy (path coefficient = 0.682, T-statistics = 14.724, p = 0.000), explaining 46.5% of its variance (R² = 0.465) with a large effect size (f² = 0.869). This gap between high Competency and moderate Self-Efficacy indicates that competency mastery does not yet fully translate into self-confidence in facing selection.