Abstract:
Psychological capital has been receiving increasing attention of
global academia as it is deemed as an important controller of
human performance. In business management it has extensively
been explored, however no significant attention has been received
to sightsee how the concept could be effectively used to swell
academic performance of students. The purpose of this paper is to
examine the impact of psychological capital on academic
performance of undergraduates of Rajarata University of Sri
Lanka. The data were collected from a sample of 300 students in
all faculties of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka using the stratified
sampling method through a self-administrated questionnaire.
Results were drawn using bivariate correlation and linear
regression analyses. Results revealed that optimism, resilience,
self-efficacy has positive significant impact on academic
performance of the undergraduates of Rajarata University of Sri
Lanka, albeit the impact of hope on academic performance was
negative and insignificant. The research provides important
information about the impact of psychological capital on academic
performance of undergraduates. Although the impact of
psychological capital on performance has been investigated in the
other contexts, research in Sri Lankan context is scant. Therefore,
this study provides insights particularly to the present context
might be also valid in Sri Lankan University Context. The study
concluded that, in order to increase the academic performance it is
essential to enhance the resilience, optimism, self-efficacy of the
students.
