Both internal and external locus of control have advantages and disadvantages when approaching life and workplace matters. For example, those with an internal locus of control tend to be self-motivated in the workplace, but those with an external locus of control tend to work better in team...
An internal locus of control is based on the idea that an individual has control of their life. Their actions are the primary influence for both good and bad outcomes. For example, someone with a strong internal locus of control would claim their job promotion is due to hard work or that...
In a study of Pennsylvania clinical social workers and New York State mental health professionals, counselors with internal locus of control beliefs had more favorable scores on a number of work-related variables. For example, internal counselors reported higher job and life satisfaction, less ...
Second, GMA may be associated with HLOC-I through its impact on individuals' ability to navigate complex health-related problems and policies, increasing their sense of personal control over their health. For example, GMA is a predictor of whether individuals have health benefits, with those lower...
For example, an individual who believes that their friend's lack of self-confidence is the cause of a divorce, rather than the divorce being caused by the husband's substance abuse. The individual is more focused on what they perceive as their friend's weakness rather than their friend's ...
Few organizations in the UK adopt the ‘pure’ form, though some have come close to it. Most modern large organizations use a mixture of external and internal labour markets. They have a number of points of entry (for example separate ones for production and managerial jobs) whilst jobs may...
This article analyses the problems of the internal control environment in the Chinese enterprises based on the "Basic Norms of Enterprise Internal Control". Taking Company A as an example, through the argument, the author has drawn the conclusion that Company A did not achieve the requirements of...
For example, they would describe a dull task as being more enjoyable if they were asked to convince someone else it was interesting. In order to justify the lie, they “convinced themselves” that the experience wasn’t boring — since very few people relish thinking of themselves as liars....
Reporter molecule and quencher molecule pairs have been incorporated onto oligonucleotide probes in order to monitor, detect, or measure biological events associated with the reporter molecule and quencher molecule being separated or brought within a minimum quenching distance of each other. For example,...
As one of the control methods of internal combustion engines, there is known torque demand control which determines a manipulated variable of each actuator with toque as a control variable. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-299667 describes one example of the control device which performs torque ...