An international study of work locus of control and well-being

Authors

Paul E. SPECTOR, University of South Florida, United States
Cary L. COOPER, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Juan I. SANCHEZ, Florida International University, United States
Peggy BERNIN, National Institute for Psychosocial Factors and Health, SwedenFollow
André BÜSSING, Technical University of Munich, GermanyFollow
Peter M. HART, University of Melbourne, Australia
Karen MILLER, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Michael P. O'DRISCOLL, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Gabrielle M. OSTROGNAY, Social Research Consultants, Australia
Milan PAGON, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Horea D. PITARIU, University Babes-Bolyai, Romania
Steven POELMANS, University of Navarra, Spain
Phanikiran RADHAKRISHNAN, University of Texas-El Paso, United States
Vladimir SALAMATOV, Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, Ukraine
Jesus F. SALGADO, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Satoru SHIMA, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan
Oi Ling SIU, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Töres THEORELL, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, SwedenFollow
Peter VLERICK, University of Ghent, BelgiumFollow
Maria WIDERSZAL-BAZYL, Central Institute for Labor Protection, Poland
Mina WESTMAN, Tel Aviv University, Israel
T. P., Paul WONG, Trinity Western University, Canada
Shanfa YU, Henan Institute of Occupational Medicine, China

Document Type

Presentation

Source Publication

The 15th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference

Publication Date

4-15-2000

Publisher

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Abstract

Managers from 24 diverse countries/provinces were compared on their work locus of control, job satisfaction, psychological strain and physical strain. Scales showed good internal consistencies across translations. There were significant country differences on all four variables. Locus of control correlations with the other variables were mostly consistent across countries/provinces.

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Spector, P. E., Cooper, C. L., Sanchez, J. I., Bernin, P., Buessing, A., Hart, P. M., ... Yu, S. (2000, April). An international study of work locus of control and well-being. Paper presented at the 15th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.