College Students Who Wear Watches: Locus of Control and Motivational Sources

Abstract

119 undergraduate college students were administered the Rotter I-E Scale and the Motivation Sources Inventory. Scores were compared for a group of 66 students who were wearing watches and 53 students who were not wearing watches. The former had higher scores on External locus of control and higher scores on a measure of Instrumental Motivation as anticipated.

An Alternative Scoring Method for the Motivation Sources Inventory: A Case for Ratio Analysis

“…Use of the inventory has demonstrated strong relations with influence tactics (Barbuto & Scholl, 1999), transformational behaviors (Barbuto, Fritz, & Marx, 2000), and organizational citizenship behaviors (Brown, Barbuto, Wrlhite, & Wheeler, 2000). Other correlations have also been found in applied research with watch-wearing behaviors (Spencer, 2000) and immigrant students' adjustment (Tsytsarev & Lancsman, 1999). It has also been used to understand followers' compliance (Barbuto, 2000).…”

Relations between Locus of Control and Sources of Work Motivation amongst Government Workers

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