“…Several studies reported the influence of cognitive, social, motivational and affective factors on perceived competence, including age, working experience, gender, confidence, and attitudes (Campbell & Williams, 1990;Corston & Colman, 1996;Rozell & Gardner, 2000). In addition, perceived competence is also influenced by the factors to which people attribute their success and failures to, how they evaluate themselves, how they believe others view them, and by individuals past experiences in a particular domain (Bong & Skaalvik, 2003).…”