scholarly journals Die verband tussen lokus van beheer en werkstevredenheid by senior polisiepersoneel

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rothmann ◽  
A. M. Agathagelou
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
External Control ◽  
North West ◽  
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
The North ◽  
Police Personnel ◽  
Moderate Negative Correlation

Job satisfaction is a complex variable and is influenced by situational factors of the job environment as well as dispositional characteristics of an individual. The aim of this study was to determine the possible relationship between locus of control and job satisfaction. The Locus of Control Questionnaire and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire were administered on 101 senior police members in the North West Province. The results of the empirical study confirm a correlation of large effect between locus of control (combination of internal control, external control and autonomy) and job satisfaction of senior police personnel. A moderate negative correlation was also found between an external locus of control and the job satisfaction of senior police personnel. Opsomming Werkstevredenheid is n komplekse veranderlike en word beinvloed deur situasionele faktore in die werksomgewing, asook disposisionele eienskappe van 'n individu. Die doel van hierdie ondersoek was om die moontlike verband tussen lokus van beheer en werkstevredenheid te bepaal. Die Lokus van Beheer-vraelys en Minnesota Tevredenheidsvraelys is op 101 senior polisiepersoneellede in die Noordwes-Provinsie afgeneem. Die resultate van die empiriese ondersoek dui aan dat daar 'n verband van groot effek tussen lokus van beheer (interne beheer, eksterne beheer en outonomie) en werkstevredenheid van senior polisiepersoneel bestaan. 'n Matige negatiewe verband is ook tussen 'n eksteme lokus van beheer en werkstevredenheid van senior polisiepersoneel gevind.

scholarly journals The factor structure, metrical properties, and convergent validity of the third edition (1999) of the locus of control inventory

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann M Schepers ◽  
Liezl Gropp ◽  
DJ Geldenhuys
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Principal Factor ◽  
External Control ◽  
First Year ◽  
Psychological Wellness ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Year University

The principal objective of the study was to examine the factor structure and metrical properties of the third edition (1999) of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI). A corollary of the study was to examine the convergent validity of the instrument. After a thorough revision and extension of the scale to 88 items it was applied to a sample of 2091 first-year university students. Particular attention was paid to the shortcomings revealed in a study by de Bruin (2004). An iterative principal factor analysis of the scale was done. The three-factor-structure previously found was substantiated by the analysis. The obtained factors were interpreted as Autonomy, External Control and Internal Control. Highly acceptable reliabilities were obtained. As far as validity is concerned it was found that Internal Control and Autonomy are strongly related to Psychological Wellness and External Control negatively to Stress Management. The implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals The construction of a normative scale of locus of control

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann M. Schepers
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
External Control ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cognitive Correlates ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
First Year University

The primary objective of the study was to construct a normative scale of locus of control for use with students and adults. A corollary of the study was to establish the personality, interest and cognitive correlates of locus of control. Conceptually the instrument is based on attribution theory and on social learning theory. The first edition of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI) was applied to 356 first-year university students during 1994. A factor analysis of the 65 items of the inventory yielded three factors. The factors were interpreted as Autonomy, Internal Control and External Control. Three scales, corresponding to the three factors, were constructed, and yielded reliability coefficients of 0,80; 0,77 and 0,81 respectively. Following this the cognitive, interest and personality correlates of the LCI were determined. The implications of the findings are discussed. Opsomming Die hoofdoel van die studie was die konstruksie van ’n normatiewe skaal van lokus van beheer vir gebruik met studente en volwassenes. ’n Newe-doelwit van die studie was om die persoonlikheids-, belangstellings- en kognitiewe korrelate van lokus van beheer te bepaal. Konseptueel is die instrument op attribusieteorie en sosiale-leerteorie gebaseer. Die eerste-uitgawe van die Lokus van Beheervraelys (LvB) is op 356 eerstejaaruniversiteitstudente toegepas gedurende 1994. ’n Faktorontleding van die 65 items van die vraelys is gedoen en het drie faktore opgelewer. Die faktore is as Outonomie, Interne Beheer en Eksterne Beheer geïnterpreteer. Voorts is drie skale wat ooreenstem met die drie faktore, gekonstrueer en het betroubaarhede van 0,80; 0,77 en 0,81, onderskeidelik, opgelewer. Vervolgens is die kognitiewe, belangstellings- en persoonlikheidskorrelate van die LvB bepaal. Die implikasies van die bevindinge word bespreek.

Internal-External Control, Achievement Orientation and Physical Attractiveness of College Students

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1205-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
Phyllis J. Begley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
External Control ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Female College ◽  
Physically Attractive

The validity of the stereotype by which physically attractive persons are attributed greater internal control and greater success orientation than unattractive persons was studied among college students. For 32 male and 32 female college undergraduates, while attractiveness was unrelated to achievement orientation, attractive individuals were in fact more internal in their locus of control.

scholarly journals The Effect of Marital Locus of Control on Marital Adjustment of Couples

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Javnika Sheth
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Negative Reinforcement ◽  
The Other ◽  
External Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
The Individual

Internal control refers to the perception of an event as contingent upon one’s own behavior, capacities or one’s relatively permanent characteristics. External control, on the other hand, indicates that a positive or negative reinforcement following some action of the individual is perceived as not being entirely contingent upon his or her own action but the result of chance, fate, or luck or it may be perceived as under the control of powerful others and unpredictable because of the complexity of forces surrounding the individual (Anastasi, 1988). If we believe that we are the cause of most events, we have a highly internal locus of control. If we believe that most events in our life are caused by luck, fate or powerful others, we have a highly external locus of control. (Morgan et.al.1986).

scholarly journals Sense of coherence, locus of control, self-efficacy and job satisfaction

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rothmann
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Dispositional Characteristics ◽  
Dispositional Factors ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Job satisfaction is a complex variable and is influenced by situational factors of the job environment as well as dispositional characteristics of the individual. Recently there has been renewed interest in the role of dispositional characteristics in predicting work-related outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the possible relationship between the dispositional factors of sense of coherence, locus of control and self-efficacy on the one hand, and job satisfaction on the other. The study population included 624 employees of 7 organisations. Sense of coherence, locus of control and self-efficacy were found to be related constructs, but only sense of coherence and locus of control were significantly related to job satisfaction. Sense of coherence, locus of control and self-efficacy predicted 30 per cent of the variance in total job satisfaction.

Association between Levenson's Dimensions of Locus of Control and Measures of Coping and Defense Mechanisms

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross R. Vickers ◽  
Terry L. Conway ◽  
Michael A. Haight
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Marine Corps ◽  
External Control ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Personality Styles ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Theoretically, locus of control may be related to coping and defense style. Because little is known about specific relationships, scores on Levenson's Chance, Powerful Others, and Internal control scales were correlated with 20 coping and defense measures for a sample of 2648 Marine Corps recruits. The findings suggested that the relationship of locus of control with coping and defense could be described in terms of two integrated personality styles. The external style combines external control orientations with low coping skills and externalizing defenses, e.g., displacement. The internal style combines internal control with minimizing, reversing defenses, and more extensive coping. These styles received some support from prior research and may help explain the association between better over-all adjustment and internality. These tentative style formulations can provide a basis for more detailed investigations of control and coping and defense.

scholarly journals Challenges to belief systems in the context of climate change adaptation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brechtje S. Jooste ◽  
Jon-Vegard Dokken ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk ◽  
Ruth A. Loubser
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social

This article focuses on the social aspects of climate change and explores the interrelationship between belief systems and adaptation. The links and interaction between external and internal realities are examined from the perspective of contextual vulnerability, with a focus on the multifaceted structure of belief systems. The aim was to determine those challenges regarding climate change adaptation that are caused by a community’s belief system and to make recommendations to overcome them. Diverse perceptions of climate change and beliefs from three townships in the North-West Province of South Africa were collected and analysed using Q-methodology, finding five distinct worldview narratives. These narratives were named naturalist collectivist, religious, religious determinist, activist collectivist and structural thinker. It is recommended that policymakers aim to address diverse views and should be informed by factors that increase resistance to belief revision. Information should be framed in ways that foster the perception of internal control, are clearly evidence based and encourage a desire to learn more.

scholarly journals Validation of the revised edition (1995) of the locus of control inventory

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann M Schepers
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Study Strategies ◽  
External Control ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire ◽  
Sixteen Personality Factor ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Personality Factor Questionnaire ◽  
Formal Relations

The principal objective of the study was to determine the cognitive, educational and personality correlates of the revised edition (1995) of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI). The three-factor-structure of the LCI was confirmed by Schepers (2004a, pp. 36-41). The obtained factors were interpreted as External Control, Internal Control and Autonomy. The resulting scales yielded reliabilities of 0,841, 0,832 and 0,866 respectively. As far as validity is concerned statistically significant relationships were found with the matric mark, and with several measures of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Personal, Home, Social and Formal Relations Questionnaire, the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory. The implications of the findings are discussed.

Machiavellianism and Locus of Control: Two Conceptions of Interpersonal Power

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1079-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Solar ◽  
Dieter Bruehl
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
External Control ◽  
Interpersonal Power ◽  
Two Measures

Two conceptions of interpersonal power, Rotter's concept of internal-external control and Christie and Geis' concept of Machiavellianism were compared. The I-E scale and the Mach IV scale were given to 3 independent groups. In all 3 samples, external control Ss were significantly higher Machiavellian than internal control Ss. Results were discussed in terms of conflicting values reflected in the scale content of the two measures.

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