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Chong, K. F., Sabri, M. F., Magli, A. S., Abd Rahim, H., Mokhtar, N., & Othman, M. A. (2021). The Effects of Financial Literacy, Self-Efficacy and Self-Coping on Financial Behavior of Emerging Adults. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 8, 905-915.

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• TITLE: Financial Self-Efficacy and Saving Behaviour of Kenyan University Staff: The Mediating Role of Financial Well-Being

  AUTHORS: Dennis Kiplangat Moi, Lydia Jeptoo Maket

  KEYWORDS: Financial Well-Being, Saving Behaviour, Financial Self-Efficacy, University Employee, Mediation Analysis, Kenya

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Business and Management, Vol.14 No.4, July 31, 2026

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of the current paper is to explore the effect of financial self-efficacy on saving behaviour among university staff in Kenya. In addition, the paper endeavoured to examine the mediating role of financial well-being between financial self-efficacy and saving behaviour. Our study deemed the bi-directional nature of the attributes of these financial capabilities in real life context. To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the study was anchored on social cognitive theory and subjective well-being theory. The study targeted university employees drawn from eight public universities in Western Kenya based on the geographical location. The paper adopts a survey by questionnaire method to gather data from 350 university employees through stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The hypotheses were tested using PROCESS 4.2 (Model 4). This study found a positive relationship between financial self-efficacy and saving behaviour (β = 0.4149, p p