Investigating the relation between Cultural Factors and general and educational Self-Efficacy among post-graduate students of University of Tehran

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Hofstede cultural dimensions (masculinity/ femininity, individualism/ collectivism, uncertainty avoidance and power distance), with general and academic self-efficacy in the form of causal model. 319 Tehran university post-graduate student selected as research sample and who answered general self-efficacy(Chen et al, 2001), academic self-efficacy(Macllroy and Bunting, 2002) and Hofstede cultural dimensions (Srite, 2000; Shulruf et al, 2003) questionnaires. Maximum likelihood method was used for testing research conceptual model. The findings of path analysis revealed that general self-efficacy had positive significant effect on academic self-efficacy. The effects of individualism and uncertainty avoidance on general self efficacy were positive and significant and the effects of masculinity and power distance werent significant. The findings this research, revealed the importance of cultural values in educational planning.