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The Moderating Effect of Locus of Control on Organisational Role Stress

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  • Vidhu Mohan
  • Daisy Chauhan
  • S P Chauhan

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The ability to withstand organisational stress and manage it effectively depends to a great extent on an individual's attitude towards work in an organisation, his general orientation and motivation. The orientation gets reflected in his/her belief and perception about himself/herself; about the extent to which he/she possesses the ability to influence/control the environment. The present study was undertaken on a sample of 174 middle managers belonging to the three sectors of industry viz., Government, public and private, to determine the moderating effect of Locus of Control on Role Stress and the relationship between Locus of Control and Role Efficacy. They were administered Udai Pareek's Organisational Role Stress (ORS), Locus of Control Inventory and Role Efficacy Scale. Simple ANOVA was done to study the analysis of variance by sector. It was found that the managers of the private sector were more internally orientated as compared to those from the government and public sector as revealed by their her mean score on external Locus of Control and lower score on external Locus of Control. Further, on the dimension of External Locus of Control the managers from the public and government scored higher as compared to those from the private sector.

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  • Vidhu Mohan & Daisy Chauhan & S P Chauhan, 2000. "The Moderating Effect of Locus of Control on Organisational Role Stress," Paradigm, , vol. 4(1), pages 85-98, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:padigm:v:4:y:2000:i:1:p:85-98
    DOI: 10.1177/0971890720000109
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