Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control is a psychology book written by Albert Bandura in 1997 on self-efficacy, i.e. a person's belief in their own competence. The book addresses issues ranging from theoretical discussions to developmental analyses. Translations have been published in Chinese, French, Italian, and Korean.The book has been reviewed and discussed in several professional social science journals, and widely cited in the professional literatures of psychology, sociology, medicine, and management. Source: Wikipedia (en)