The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Occupational Commitment of Prospective and Professional Translators

• Published in: Journal of language teaching and research Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 715 - 725
• Main Authors: Odacioglu, Mehmet Cem, Unal, Fatma, Coban, Fadime
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Academy Publication Co., LTD 01.05.2025; Academy Publication Co., Ltd
• Subjects: Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Colleges & universities; Commitment (Psychology); Critical thinking; Demographic aspects; Employees; Evaluation; Focus groups; Foreign language learning; Interpreters; Job satisfaction; Motivation; Normal distribution; Self-efficacy; Self-efficacy (Psychology); Social aspects; Stress; Students; Translation studies; Translators; Translators (Persons); Turkey
• ISSN: 1798-4769; 2053-0684
• DOI: 10.17507/jltr.1603.02

This study investigates the relationship between self-efficacy and occupational commitment of prospective and professional translators in Türkiye. It was found in the study that both scales did not exhibit a normal distribution (General Self-Efficacy Scale: Kolmogorov-Smirnov Sig. 0.000; Occupational Commitment Scale Sig. 0.000; p < 0.05). Because of the non-normal distribution of the scales, non-parametric tests were employed for the analysis: the Mann Whitney-U test for independent variables with two categories, the Kruskal Wallis H-Test for those with three or more categories, and the Spearman Rank correlation for correlations. Upon finding a significant difference in comparisons, the source of the difference was identified through the Mann-Whitney U-Test and Bonferroni correction. Frequencies, percentages, and means were calculated. The findings were explained in the analysis section.