Abstract
This research analyzes the influence of employee's occupational self-efficacy on the relationship of forms of organizational cynicism and employee performance (Task/Contextual) in Pakistan. The finding indicates that in both sectors occupational self-efficacy had a significant impact on the relationships between organizational cynicism (Cognitive/Affective/Behavioral) and employee performance. The study concluded that in manufacturing sector occupational self-efficacy strongly moderate the relationship between cognitive cynicism and employee task performance while within service sector occupational self-efficacy strongly moderate the relationship between both cognitive and behavioral cynicism and employee task performance. The study provides evidence that in the manufacturing sector occupational self-efficacy and forms of organizational cynicism have a moderate influence on employee contextual performance while within service sector occupational self-efficacy has strongly moderated the relationship between behavioral cynicism and employee contextual performance. The findings provide better understanding to the practitioners and policymakers regarding existence of these negative behaviors and its implications. (C) 2020 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.