Self-efficacy as a factor of professional activity

This article examines the concept of self-efficacy, highlights its components, properties, factors and functions, presents the basic approaches to its study. The methods of diagnosis and development of self-efficacy also revealed such as self-assessment, questionnaire, experimental research, observation of behaviour. It is shown that the development of self-efficacy affects the success in professional activity. The concept of self-efficacy can be considered the basis for modelling personal and professional efficiency, it determines the ability to succeed in various spheres of life.