Economic Locus of Control
研究将控制点概念应用于经济行为,开发并验证了经济控制点量表,发现机会经济控制点信念与性别、年龄和收入相关,可用于组织与职业行为研究。
This study set out to examine the application of the locus of control concept to economic behavior and devise a scale to measure these beliefs. Based on other applied locus of control scales, a questionnaire was devised to examine these beliefs which was investigated psychometrically. The scale yieldedfour interpretable factors which were related to established scales. The scale that discriminated most concerned chance economic locus of control beliefs which was related to sex, age, and income. The use of the economic locus of control scale for investigating aspects of organizational and occupational behavior is discussed.