{"id":1029,"date":"2025-04-30T19:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1029"},"modified":"2025-07-22T22:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T22:40:31","slug":"assessment-what-is-your-locus-of-control","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/chapter\/assessment-what-is-your-locus-of-control\/","title":{"raw":"Assessment: What is Your Locus of Control?","rendered":"Assessment: What is Your Locus of Control?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p id=\"back-matter-127-section-4\" class=\"section-header textbox__title\"><em>Download a <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2278\/2022\/04\/Appendix-B-Self-assessments-What-is-your-locus-of-control.pdf\">PDF version<\/a><\/span> of this assessment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Instructions:\u00a0<\/strong>This instrument lists several statements concerning the possible causes of behavior. Select the letter (A or B) for each pair that better describes your beliefs. Remember: there are no right or wrong answers.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>A) In the long run, the bad things that happen to us are balanced by the good ones.\r\nB) Most misfortunes result from a lack of ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A)\u00a0 I have often found that what will happen will happen.\r\nB) Trusting to fate has never turned out as well for me as deciding to take a definite course of action.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A) Many unhappy things in people\u2019s lives are partly due to bad luck.\r\nB)\u00a0People\u2019s misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A) Without the proper breaks, one cannot be an effective leader.\r\nB) Capable people who fail to become leaders have not exploited their opportunities.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A) I often feel I have little influence over what happens to me.\r\nB) I cannot believe that chance or luck plays a vital role in my life.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A) Most people don\u2019t realize the extent to which accidental happenings control their lives.\r\nB) There is no such thing as \u201cluck.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A) Unfortunately, an individual\u2019s worth often passes unrecognized, no matter how hard they try.\r\nB) In the long run, people get the respect they deserve.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Scoring<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAfter completing the instrument, score it by assigning a zero (0) to any\u00a0<em>A<\/em>\u00a0you assigned and a one (1) to any\u00a0<em>B<\/em>. Add up your total score, and compare it to the following norms:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>1\u20133 = an external locus of control<\/li>\r\n \t<li>4\u20135 = a balanced locus of control<\/li>\r\n \t<li>6\u20137 = an internal locus of control<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>Source:\u00a0Adapted from Julian B. Rotter, \u201cGeneralized Expectancies for Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement.\u201d\u00a0Psychological Monographs, 80\u00a0(Whole No. 609, 1966), pp. 11\u201312.<\/em>\r\n<h3>References<\/h3>\r\nThis questionnaire is adapted from:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/organizational-behavior\/pages\/2-management-skills-application-exercises\">Chapter 2 Management Skills Application Exercises<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/organizational-behavior\">Organizational Behaviour\u00a0<\/a>by Rice University, OpenStax, and is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise noted.\r\n\r\nRotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.\u00a0<em>Psychological Monographs, 80<\/em> (609), pp. 11\u201312.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p id=\"back-matter-127-section-4\" class=\"section-header textbox__title\"><em>Download a <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2278\/2022\/04\/Appendix-B-Self-assessments-What-is-your-locus-of-control.pdf\">PDF version<\/a><\/span> of this assessment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instructions:\u00a0<\/strong>This instrument lists several statements concerning the possible causes of behavior. Select the letter (A or B) for each pair that better describes your beliefs. Remember: there are no right or wrong answers.\n<ol>\n<li>A) In the long run, the bad things that happen to us are balanced by the good ones.<br \/>\nB) Most misfortunes result from a lack of ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three.<\/li>\n<li>A)\u00a0 I have often found that what will happen will happen.<br \/>\nB) Trusting to fate has never turned out as well for me as deciding to take a definite course of action.<\/li>\n<li>A) Many unhappy things in people\u2019s lives are partly due to bad luck.<br \/>\nB)\u00a0People\u2019s misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.<\/li>\n<li>A) Without the proper breaks, one cannot be an effective leader.<br \/>\nB) Capable people who fail to become leaders have not exploited their opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>A) I often feel I have little influence over what happens to me.<br \/>\nB) I cannot believe that chance or luck plays a vital role in my life.<\/li>\n<li>A) Most people don\u2019t realize the extent to which accidental happenings control their lives.<br \/>\nB) There is no such thing as \u201cluck.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A) Unfortunately, an individual\u2019s worth often passes unrecognized, no matter how hard they try.<br \/>\nB) In the long run, people get the respect they deserve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After completing the instrument, score it by assigning a zero (0) to any\u00a0<em>A<\/em>\u00a0you assigned and a one (1) to any\u00a0<em>B<\/em>. Add up your total score, and compare it to the following norms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u20133 = an external locus of control<\/li>\n<li>4\u20135 = a balanced locus of control<\/li>\n<li>6\u20137 = an internal locus of control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0Adapted from Julian B. Rotter, \u201cGeneralized Expectancies for Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement.\u201d\u00a0Psychological Monographs, 80\u00a0(Whole No. 609, 1966), pp. 11\u201312.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>This questionnaire is adapted from:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/organizational-behavior\/pages\/2-management-skills-application-exercises\">Chapter 2 Management Skills Application Exercises<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/organizational-behavior\">Organizational Behaviour\u00a0<\/a>by Rice University, OpenStax, and is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p>Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.\u00a0<em>Psychological Monographs, 80<\/em> (609), pp. 11\u201312.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1029","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1019,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1029\/revisions\/2829"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1019"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1029\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}