LOCUS OF CONTROL AND JOB TURNOVER

Taehyun Ahn

Economic Inquiry, 2015, vol. 53, issue 2, 1350-1365

Abstract: type="main" xml:id="ecin12173-abs-0001"> In this article, I investigate how a worker's locus of control, that is, the perception of control over daily events, affects job-to-job and job-to-nonemployment turnover. I find that an increase in internality—the degree to which respondents believe that the outcomes of their life events are determined by their own actions versus external factors—increases job-to-job transitions. In addition, the annual wage growth rate and the wage gains from job-to-job transitions increase with internality. The influence of the locus of control on job-to-nonemployment turnover, however, is insignificant on controlling for the worker's level of attained education . ( JEL D83, J63)

Date: 2015
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