Locus of control for affiliation and behavior in social interactions.

Skills in the city

“…Matching the 1 The index measures the degree to which an individual believes him-or herself to be in control of life circumstances, rather than being at the mercy of external forces (Rotter, 1966). The Rotter Index is not a measure of interactive skills per se, but it has been shown to be correlated with the individual's social skills (Lefcourt et al, 1985). Occupational definitions in DOT are the result of comprehensive studies by trained occupational analysts of how jobs are performed in establishments across the nation and are composites of data collected from diverse sources.…”

“…As noted earlier, The NLSY79 has individual measures of worker abilities that the Census does not which allow us to directly address the sorts of unobserved ability and measurement error with which we are concerned. Specifically, the AFQT measures cognitive ability, while the Rotter Index captures non-cognitive ability that has been shown to be correlated with people skills (e.g., Lefcourt et al, 1985). The third measure we use is the quality of the undergraduate institution the worker attended -more specifically, the selectivity of that undergraduate institution.…”

Locus of control at work: a meta‐analysis

“…Not surprisingly, compared to externals, internals are more able to initiate social relationships (Turban & Dougherty, 1994), influence others (Phares, 1965), and more likely to be perceived as group leaders (Anderson & Schneier, 1978). Also, internals are often more considerate than are externals (Lefcourt, 1985;Pryers & DiStefano, 1971), suggesting that they may be more willing to actively devote psychological and temporal resources to maintaining social relationships. Consistent with this characterization of internals, Phares (1976) suggests that internals should exhibit more helping behaviors in social contexts than do externals.…”

Locus of control and its relationship with some social-demographic factors

“…Generally said, internals have better social skills and better interpersonal relationships with colleagues and supervisors than externals (Kapoor, Ansari, & Shukla, 1986;Lefcourt, Martin, Fick, & Saleh, 1985;Phares, 1965;Ringer & Boss, 2000) and that influences the way they attribute the success or failure in workplace. A number of researchers (Erez & Judge, 2001;Hollenbeck, Williams, & Klein, 1989;Yukl & Latham, 1978) pointed out that the internals were more likely than externals to set a goal, to pursue it, and to have career success.…”