Abstract:
The objectives of this study explored two main cases, (1) what was the influence
of self-efficacy on students' interpersonal communication in higher education and
(2) What was the level of self-efficacy on interpersonal communication in higher
education. This study applied mixed method which is explanatory sequential
design or well-known as QUAN-QUAL as the one of the types of mixed method
research. There was one class of the third semester students participated as the
participant and this study conducted in Universitas Muslim Indonesia. The result
of this research leads to the evidence that self-efficacy influence on interpersonal
communication. There were three the influence of self-efficacy on interpersonal
communication they are confident, motivation and self-control. Students who
have high self-efficacy toward interpersonal communication tend easier to speak
up than the students who have low self-efficacy. And there are three levels of selfefficacy on interpersonal communication which were experienced by the students.
Those three levels covered such categorization such as low self-efficacy obtained
6.1% (two students), moderate self-efficacy obtained 39.4% (thirteen students),
and high self-efficacy obtained 54.5% (eighteen students). From these results, the
researcher concludes that the level of self-efficacy on interpersonal
communication of students is dominantly high with the percent of 54.5%.
