Locus of Control and Well-Being at Work: How Generalizable are Western Findings?

By Paul E. Spector, Cary L. Cooper, Juan I. Sanchez, M. O’driscoll, K. Sparks, P. Bernin, A. Büssing, Philip J. Dewe, P. Hart, Luo Lu and 20 more. 2002

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Managers from 24 geopolitical entities provided data on work locus of control, job satisfaction, psychological strain, physical strain, and individualism/collectivism. The hypothesis that the salut...

Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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The Sources of Four Commonly Reported Cutoff Criteria (2006, background): “Also, Spector et al. (2002) reported that “these scales maintained adequate internal consistency reliabilities as assessed with the widely accepted .70 coefficient alpha standard (Nunnally, 1978)” (p. 458).”
A quarter century of Culture's Consequences: a review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede's cultural values framework (2006, background): “Spector et al. (2002) found that IND–COL did not moderate the relationship between locus of control and well-being (using the same data from Spector et al., 2001b).”
Flow at Work and Basic Psychological Needs: Effects on Well‐Being (2017, background): “A large-scale study of over 5,000 managers in 24 different countries found that managers who felt in control of their work exhibited higher job satisfaction than those who felt that their work was driven by external influences (Spector et al., 2002).”
Principals in schools with a positive school culture (2008, background): “Well-being and high job satisfaction are associated with an internal locus of control (Lim 1995; Spector et al. 2002).”
Replicating and Extending Past Personality/Job Satisfaction Meta-Analyses (2009, background): “Cultural variations in response patterns have been identified as problematic in job satisfaction research (Spector et al., 2002).”
Performance appraisals and job satisfaction (2017, unknown): “Based on our hypothesis one could have concluded that for employees, who perceive to have more control over their life (internals), the use of performance assessments should have a stronger effect on job satisfaction (Spector et al., 2002; Ng et al., 2006).”
Neuroticism and locus of control as moderators of the relationships of charismatic and autocratic leadership with burnout. (2009, background): “Work locus of control is linked to well-being (e.g., Spector et al., 2002).”