Interrelationships among Locus of Control and Years in Management and Unemployment: Differences by Gender

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Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages

“…Second, endogeneity arises in the study of the impact of locus of control on labor market outcomes for two reasons. On the one hand, the results may be flawed by reverse causality, as (anticipated) labor market outcomes may affect locus of control (e.g., see Trzcinski and Holst, 2010;Gottschalk, 2005). For this reason, locus of control measures may reflect, rather than cause, the outcomes they are supposed to predict (Borghans et al, 2008).…”

Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages

“…Second, endogeneity arises in the study of the impact of locus of control on labor market outcomes for two reasons. On the one hand, the results may be flawed by reverse causality, as (anticipated) labor market outcomes may affect locus of control (e.g., see Trzcinski and Holst, 2010;Gottschalk, 2005). For this reason, locus of control measures may reflect, rather than cause, the outcomes they are supposed to predict (Borghans et al, 2008).…”