Fatalism as a Factor in Managerial Job Satisfaction, Job Strain, and Mobility

Gemmill, Gary; Heisler, W. J.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1972.tb01101.x

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“…Three studies are reviewed comparing satisfaction of internals and externals holding managerial, professional, and high-level jobs. Gemmill and Heisler (1972) collected locus of control and job satisfaction data as part of a larger study of 133 production managers. They found a significant correlation of -.27 between these variables.…”

Section: Job Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavior in organizations as a function of employee's locus of control.

Spector¹

1982

Psychological Bulletin

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Locus of control is an important variable for the explanation of human behavior in organizations. The nature of the concept, its measurement, and general evidence for its validity are discussed. Several hypotheses are presented involving the locus of control in an organizational context, and supporting evidence from applied studies is reviewed. Specifically, it is suggested that locus of control is related to motivation, effort, performance, satisfaction, perception of the job, compliance with authority, and supervisory style. Furthermore, locus of control may moderate the relation between incentives and motivation and between satisfaction and turnover.

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Section: Job Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavior in organizations as a function of employee's locus of control.

Spector¹

1982

Psychological Bulletin

757

559

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“…Previous research has not focused on the effect of a subordinate perceived leader behavior x leader locus of control interaction on subordinate satisfaction with supervision. Instead, it has concentrated on the moderating effect of subordinate locus of control on the relation of management style and subordinate satisfaction (Andrisani and Nestel, 1976;Dailey, 1978;Gemmill and Heisler, 1972;Lester and Genz, 1978;Mitchell et al, 1975). The supervision facet of satisfaction also has not received sufficient study (Vecchio, 1981).…”

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THE ROLE OF LOCUS OF CONTROL IN LEADER INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR¹

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Luthans²,

Hennessey

1984

Personnel Psychology

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This study investigated whether the leader's locus of control moderated the relationship between perceived leader influence behaviors and certain subordinate outcome variables. The results showed that locus of control did significantly moderate the effect of supervisor influence on productivity and subordinate satisfaction with supervision. The difference in satisfaction with supervision was more extreme at high levels of subordinate perceived supervisor influence on productivity. Implications for supervisor training are discussed. ATTRIBUTION theory in general, and locus of control in particular, has emerged in recent years as an important theoretical foundation and unit of analysis in the study and research of organizational behavior. Although very popular in behavioral science research as a whole, only relatively few of the well over 600 studies on locus of control are related to attitudinal, motivational, and behavioral variables in organizarional settings (Spector, 1982).

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“…This has implications for job satisfaction and job involvement (Gemmil, 1972;Jackson, 1987;Keller, 1984;Oi-ling Siu et al 2002;Organ, 1974;Spector, 1982). On the contrary some other researchers report revealed mixed results regarding locus of control as a moderator variable (Batlis, 1980;Kimmons & Greenhaus, 1976).…”

Section: Locus Of Control As a Moderatormentioning

confidence: 87%