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● jangle · one control construct, many labels Nearest construct by meaningperceptions of external controlcompare the meaningsEvery construct on the map is compared with every other by the meaning of its definitions, and the closest one is surfaced here. The nearest construct to perceived behavioral control is perceptions of external control.
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The perceived ease or difficulty of performing a behaviour, reflecting perceived control over the facilitators and obstacles in the way: Ajzen added it to the theory of reasoned action as the third determinant of intention, beside attitude and subjective norm, and gave it a second, direct path to behaviour for acts that are not fully under volitional control. Ajzen's 1991 The theory of planned behavior set out the construct, and his 2002 Perceived behavioral control, self-efficacy, locus of control, and the theory of planned behavior settled a long confusion by treating it as one latent variable with two correlated facets, self-efficacy (can I do it) and controllability (is it up to me). This is the home construct: the neighbours below are the same belief wearing another theory's name.[1][2]
The belief in one's capability to organise and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments: Bandura's self-efficacy, set out in his 1977 Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change, is the internal half of perceived behavioural control under a different theory. Ajzen treats self-efficacy as one of the two facets of PBC, so an efficacy scale and a control scale can end up measuring the same belief; where they diverge is scope, since Bandura's construct is task-specific confidence while PBC also folds in whether the outcome is up to the person at all. The Collider carries a separate self-efficacy page for the wider construct; here it is the facet that PBC borrows.[3]
The belief that an organisational and technical infrastructure exists to support use of the system, together with the belief that the system is easy to use: Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, and Davis's 2003 unified model split the external and internal sides of perceived behavioural control between two of its constructs. Facilitating conditions took the external half, the resources and help available, and effort expectancy took the ease-of-use half, while self-efficacy was tested and dropped as fully mediated by effort expectancy. The result is that Ajzen's single control belief is scattered across the UTAUT diagram, and the Collider's facilitating conditions page tracks the external half on its own.[4]
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