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I. Background Of The Study LOC is seen as a spectrum from individuals who have an internal LOC and believe in personal ability and efforts as major determinants of outcomes to individual who have an external LOC believe in luck, fate higher powers and task difficulty as major determinants or outcomes. Therefore individuals with an internal LOC expect their actions to affects what happens to them and others while individuals with an external LOC believe that they have little influence on events. It is important to note that people are not born as internals or externals. People develop their Locus of control as they grow through learning experience (Klienke 1991, Licourt 1976). Locus o control is based on perceptions, therefore it is not innate, and can be re-evaluated , modified or changed. As people begin to take charge, or take control of their lives they become aware that they alone can affect the outcome in their lives. Beleif in destiny or fate leads to a lack of responsibility because if one is not in control of their life, then how can they be responsible or what they do or what happens to them. Key focus of the study Rotter (1954) who first introduced the theory of social learning developed an extensive body of research surrounding the central construct of Locus of Control. Locus of Control is a fundamental personality trait that refers to individual differences in a generalized belief in internal versus external control of reinforcement (Rotter 1966). The main focus of the study is to identify the levels of Locus of control among different category of bank employees and their significant impact on personal variables and job related factors. However only few research scholars from management discipline attempted this study in banking industry. Internal Vs External LOC Individuals who believe that they control what happens to them are "Internals" or internally motivated and have an Internal Locus of Control. Those who believe that outside factors such as luck or chance controls their fate are "Externals" or externally motivated and have an External Locus of Control (Robins 2003). It is said that people who perform better in most employment situations generally possess a moderately strong internal rather than external locus of control. They tend to be more successful in their careers and earn more money than their external counterparts. Therefore, the control of outcomes can be perceived as located in one"s own behaviours or skills or as residing in luck or chance (Rotter, 1966). According to Howell et al, internals are particularly well suited to leadership positions and other jobs requiring initiative, independent action, complex thinking and high motivation. Internals have also been found to be more satisfied with their jobs and cope better in stressful situations, and they are more motivated by performance-based reward systems (Andrisani & Nestel, 1976; Howell & Avolio, 1993; Spector, 1982). Similarly, the internals were found to be interested more in research and development, introducing new products mo...
I. Background Of The Study LOC is seen as a spectrum from individuals who have an internal LOC and believe in personal ability and efforts as major determinants of outcomes to individual who have an external LOC believe in luck, fate higher powers and task difficulty as major determinants or outcomes. Therefore individuals with an internal LOC expect their actions to affects what happens to them and others while individuals with an external LOC believe that they have little influence on events. It is important to note that people are not born as internals or externals. People develop their Locus of control as they grow through learning experience (Klienke 1991, Licourt 1976). Locus o control is based on perceptions, therefore it is not innate, and can be re-evaluated , modified or changed. As people begin to take charge, or take control of their lives they become aware that they alone can affect the outcome in their lives. Beleif in destiny or fate leads to a lack of responsibility because if one is not in control of their life, then how can they be responsible or what they do or what happens to them. Key focus of the study Rotter (1954) who first introduced the theory of social learning developed an extensive body of research surrounding the central construct of Locus of Control. Locus of Control is a fundamental personality trait that refers to individual differences in a generalized belief in internal versus external control of reinforcement (Rotter 1966). The main focus of the study is to identify the levels of Locus of control among different category of bank employees and their significant impact on personal variables and job related factors. However only few research scholars from management discipline attempted this study in banking industry. Internal Vs External LOC Individuals who believe that they control what happens to them are "Internals" or internally motivated and have an Internal Locus of Control. Those who believe that outside factors such as luck or chance controls their fate are "Externals" or externally motivated and have an External Locus of Control (Robins 2003). It is said that people who perform better in most employment situations generally possess a moderately strong internal rather than external locus of control. They tend to be more successful in their careers and earn more money than their external counterparts. Therefore, the control of outcomes can be perceived as located in one"s own behaviours or skills or as residing in luck or chance (Rotter, 1966). According to Howell et al, internals are particularly well suited to leadership positions and other jobs requiring initiative, independent action, complex thinking and high motivation. Internals have also been found to be more satisfied with their jobs and cope better in stressful situations, and they are more motivated by performance-based reward systems (Andrisani & Nestel, 1976; Howell & Avolio, 1993; Spector, 1982). Similarly, the internals were found to be interested more in research and development, introducing new products mo...
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