Demographic Profiling of the Locus of Control of Employees

Keith C. D’souza, Upasna A Agarwal and Usha Chavali
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Keith C. D’souza: Keith C. D’souza, Professor, People & Performance, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Munshi Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: keith.dsouza@spjimr.org
Upasna A Agarwal: Upasna A Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behaviour, NITIE, Vihar Lake, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: upasnaaagarwal@gmail.com
Usha Chavali: Usha Chavali, Research Associate, People & Performance, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Munshi Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: usha@spjimr.org

Management and Labour Studies, 2013, vol. 38, issue 4, 335-356

Abstract: This study examines variations in employees’ locus of control (LOC) across the demographic variables of gender, educational background and respondents’ age. The study is based on data collected from 565 employees, using an adapted version of the Rotter Internal–External Locus of Control Scale. Based on a survey of literature, three hypotheses were formulated relating the demographic variables of gender, educational background and age with LOC. The results of this study yielded evidence of variations based on all the three demographic parameters. T-tests and analyses of variance suggest that there is no uniform LOC across different groups of employees. Men, ‘Gen X’ and people with higher educational levels (postgraduates) demonstrate higher internal LOC when compared with counterpart demographic groups. Implications of the findings for organization and management practice are discussed.

Keywords: Age; educational level; gender; India; locus of control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0258042X13513133

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