scholarly journals Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
René Van Wyk ◽  
André B. Boshoff ◽  
Gideon Nieman ◽  
Jurie Van Vuuren ◽  
Marius Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Type A ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Power

The predictability of Type A behaviour was measured in a sample of 375 professionals with a shortened version of the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS). Two structural equation models were constructed with the Type A behaviour achievement sub-scale and global (total) Type A as the predictor variables. The indices showed a reasonable-to-promising fit with the data. Type A achievement was reasonably predicted by service-career orientation, internal locus of control, power self-concept and economic innovation. Type A global was also predicted by internal locus of control, power self-concept and the entrepreneurial attitude of achievement and personal control.

scholarly journals MY BUSINESS AND I: ENTREPRENEUR PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE CHOICE

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
KELMARA M. VIEIRA ◽  
VANESSA M. VALCANOVER ◽  
ANI C. G. POTRICH ◽  
EVERTON A. CAVALHEIRO
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Capital Structure

ABSTRACT Purpose: This research seeks to identify how entrepreneurs’ personality traits can influence the capital structure of micro and small private businesses in Brazil, which are important for the economic growth and the subsistence of their owners. Originality/value: The study of the behavioral dimension of business decisions can help financial agents to better understand client behavior, including the adoption of mechanisms that identify possible risky or inefficient decisions made by managers based on their personality traits. It can also assist the government and institutions supporting micro and small private businesses in developing strategies to reduce the mortality of such companies. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed model involves 19 expected relationships that evaluate the relationships between the optimism, risk tolerance, sense of control (external and internal), attitude towards debt, and entrepreneur gender constructs. The sample includes 625 micro and small entrepreneurs in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were performed. Findings: Results showed that attitude towards debt and gender were the most significant constructs and had a direct influence on the capital structure, while optimism and internal locus of control exerted a negative indirect influence, while risk tolerance had a positive indirect effect. Female managers demonstrated higher optimism and internal locus of control than male managers, but they had a worse attitude towards debt.

scholarly journals LOCUS OF CONTROL AS A DETERMINANT OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED ADOLESCENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 28-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Voronova ◽  
S. V. Dubrovina ◽  
Ju. V. Chepurko
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Intellectually Gifted

Introduction. At the present time, a state and a social request for the guidance of gifted children and teenagers, seen as comprising the primary intellectual potential of a developing society, is being articulated. As a general rule, giftedness is an adjunct to nervousness, extreme sensitivity, internal contradiction and low resistance to stress. These mental disorders may prevent a young person from forming of the proper picture of the world and developing capabilities of forming confidential and harmonious relationships. In this regard, it is necessary to identify appropriate approaches and means for ameliorating the maladaptive behaviour of gifted pupils.The aim of the research was to find out to what extent the personal locus of control determines aggressive and destructive behaviour on the part of intelligently gifted teenagers. Methodology and research methods. The research was performed on the basis of systematic and person-oriented approaches to studying the individual characteristics of students. The types of locus of personal control were determined using J. Rotter’s methodology as adapted by E. F. Vazhin, S. A. Golynkina and A. M. Etkind. As diagnostic tools, E. P. Ilyin and P. A. Kovalyov’s measurement procedure and the Buss-Durkee questionnaire were used to estimate the level of personal aggression and proneness to conflict. Results were subjected to comparative and statistical analysis using the U-Kruskal – Wallis test allowing the authors to establish the average indicator values of various pupil categories participated in the research. Results and scientific novelty. To identify intelligently gifted teenagers, the authors applied a comprehensive programme, which included the methods of psycho-diagnostics, expert estimates of teachers and parents, observation and conversations. Consequently, respondents were divided into four differentiated groups: intelligently gifted externalisers, intelligently gifted internalisers, mediumintelligence externalisers, and medium-intelligence internalisers. In the course of diagnostics, it was established that domination of the external or internal locus of control causes the specifics of aggressive behaviour among intelligently gifted teenagers and their peers having an average level of intellectual development. Statistically significant differences in indicators such as physical aggression, irascibility, irritability and irritation were revealed. An internal locus of control in a gifted person reduces physical aggression and irritability. Gifted externalisers are more inclined to use physical force in conflicts. This group is also characterized by a lack of emotional self-control, irascibility, fieriness of temper, instability, intolerance, oppositional moods and remonstrative behaviour – from passive resistance to active fighting against norms and laws which they believe to be inappropriate for them.The authors concluded that intellectually gifted teenagers with an external locus of control are in the category of teenagers-at-risk in social and psychological adaptation; therefore, they require more attention and psychological assistance. The organization of psychological and pedagogical guidance to pupils will help minimize conflicts between participants (school students and teachers) in the educational process.Practical significance. The research results can be used as informative and reflexive material by educational psychologists and teachers working with intelligently gifted children and teenagers.

scholarly journals Prediction of Entrepreneurial Intention and Pre-Start-Up Behaviours on Entrepreneurial Concentrated Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-248
Author(s):  
Fiesta Octaviani ◽  
Renaldi Renaldi ◽  
Sabrina Oktaria Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Start Up

Abstract: This study aims to examine the factors that have the potential to influence student’s entrepreneurial intentions using the TPB theory model along with several other factors (i.e., attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, innovation, proactive personality, need for achievement, internal locus of control, risk taking propensity, lifestyle integration, social networking, resources, opportunity recognition, fungibility issues, entrepreneurial intention, and pre-start-up behavior). Data were collected through 222 entrepreneurship concentration students from well-known universities in Indonesia. The structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was applied to test the research hypotheses. The emergence of significant and positive results among all factors involved, except fungibility issues is evidence of the positive influence of the factors studied on student’s entrepreneurial intentions in Indonesia which are then briefly summarized in the form of conclusions. Keywords: Entrepreneurial intention, theory of planned behavior, pre-start-up behavior, entrepreneurship Prediksi Entrepreneurial Intention dan Pre-Start-Up Behaviour terhadap Mahasiswa Konsentrasi KewirausahaanAbstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji faktor-faktor yang berpotensi mempengaruhi niat berwirausaha mahasiswa dengan menggunakan model teori TPB beserta beberapa faktor lainnya (yaitu sikap berwirausaha, norma subjektif, persepsi pengendalian perilaku, inovasi, kepribadian proaktif, kebutuhan berprestasi, internal. locus of control, kecenderungan mengambil risiko, integrasi gaya hidup, jejaring sosial, sumber daya, pengenalan peluang, masalah kesepadanan, niat kewirausahaan, dan perilaku pra-start-up). Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui 222 mahasiswa konsentrasi kewirausahaan dari universitas ternama di Indonesia. Model persamaan struktural (PLS-SEM) digunakan untuk menguji hipotesis penelitian. Munculnya hasil yang signifikan dan positif di antara semua faktor yang terlibat, kecuali masalah kesepadanan merupakan bukti pengaruh positif dari faktor-faktor yang diteliti terhadap niat berwirausaha mahasiswa di Indonesia yang kemudian dirangkum secara singkat dalam bentuk kesimpulan.Kata kunci: Niat kewirausahaan, teori perilaku terencana, perilaku-pra-start-up, kewirausahaan

scholarly journals Internal Locus of Control and Self-Concept as Factors Affecting the Career Maturity of High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munawir Munawir ◽  
A. Muri Yusuf ◽  
Z. Mawardi Effendi ◽  
Afdal Afdal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
School Students ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control

Determining the choice of jobs or education choices is one of the tasks during the development of the senior high school. For that, high school students are required to understand and master the concepts of career maturity to be able to pick and choose the appropriate career direction. Career maturity is influenced by several factors, including internal locus of control and self-concept. Someone who has an internal locus of control has a perception that the measures themselves would produce a positive thing that makes their work more successful. The self-concept is considered critical to the success of life because when someone feels good about himself and his ability, to predict a person's life will be successful. 

Expectancy of Personal Control and Seeking Social Support in Coping Style

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Grace ◽  
Thomas Schill
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
The Social

Sandler and Lakey (1982) suggested that compared to external scorers internal locus of control subjects are better able to cope with stress because they use the social support they receive more effectively. The present study examined a number of potential locus of control differences in coping styles to determine whether subjects with high expectancies of personal control report seeking significantly more social support in coping than subjects with low expectancies of personal control. Results indicate a significantly greater initiation of contact with others during periods of distress for subjects with high as opposed to low personal control.

Effects of TA Instruction on Empathy, Self-Esteem, Control

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto D. Payton ◽  
Robert L. Morriss ◽  
Andrew V. Beale
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Significant Trend ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Theory Base

Tests of empathie discrimination, self-concept and locus of control were given before and after a graduate course in supervision. The course was both didactic and experiential and was built on a TA theory base. Results from two separate studies demonstrated significant changes toward empathie discrimination skill and internal locus of control. A statistically non-significant trend toward a higher self-concept was also seen. Control groups demonstrated no significant changes.

scholarly journals ANALISA PENGARUH KECERDASAN ADVERSITAS, KEPRIBADIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAN INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL TERHADAP INTENSITAS BERWIRAUSAHA (STUDI PADA FEB UNIVERSITAS JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Viviana Mayasari ◽  
Dyah Perwita
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan pengaruh kecerdasan kesengsaraan, kepribadian kewiraswastaan, lokus pengendalian internal terhadap intensitas kewirausahaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pemodelan statistik Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) yang bersifat cross sectional dengan menggunakan analisis jalur (path analysis). Penelitian saat ini terkait dengan kecerdasan dan intensitas kewirausahaan masih sangat terbatas bila sangat penting untuk melihat kesiapan pribadi berwirausaha. Kuesioner yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner kepribadian pengusaha yang mengacu pada alat ukur Wirausaha Karakteristik Wirausaha (ECQ) yang dikembangkan oleh Frank Bezzina (2010).Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kecerdasan kesengsaraan, kewiraswastaan kepribadian dan lokus kontrol internal berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap intensitas kewirausahaan. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan referensi ilmiah tambahan dan informasi mengenai tingkat intensitas kewiraswastaan, yang dimiliki oleh siswa sehingga dapat memberi masukan pada berbagai program kewirausahaan di FEB Universitas Jenderal Soedirman.

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