TY - JOUR
T1 - Locus of control and well-being at work : How generalizable are western findings?
AU - SPECTOR, Paul E.
AU - COOPER, Cary L.
AU - SANCHEZ, Juan I.
AU - O’DRISCOLL, Michael
AU - SPARKS, Kate
AU - BERNIN, Peggy
AU - BÜSSING, André
AU - DEWE, Philip
AU - HART, Peter
AU - LU, Luo
AU - MILLER, Karen
AU - DE MORAES, Lucio Flávio Renault
AU - OSTROGNAY, Gabrielle M.
AU - PAGON, Milan
AU - PITARIU, Horea D.
AU - POELMANS, Steven A.Y.
AU - RADHAKRISHNAN, Phani
AU - RUSSINOVA, Vesselina
AU - SALAMATOV, Vladimir
AU - SALGADO, Jesús F.
AU - SHIMA, Satoru
AU - SIU, Oi Ling
AU - STORA, Jean Benjamin
AU - TEICHMANN, Mare
AU - THEORELL, Töres
AU - VLERICK, Peter
AU - WESTMAN, Mina
AU - WIDERSZAL-BAZYL, Maria
AU - WONG, Paul T.P.
AU - YU, Shanfa
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - 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 salutary effects of perceived control on well-being are universal was supported because relations of work locus of control with well-being at work were similar in almost all the sampled areas. Furthermore, the individualism/collectivism level of each sample did not moderate the magnitude of correlations of work locus of control with measures of well-being. Findings indicate that control beliefs contribute to well-being universally, but we suggest that how control is manifested can still differ.
AB - 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 salutary effects of perceived control on well-being are universal was supported because relations of work locus of control with well-being at work were similar in almost all the sampled areas. Furthermore, the individualism/collectivism level of each sample did not moderate the magnitude of correlations of work locus of control with measures of well-being. Findings indicate that control beliefs contribute to well-being universally, but we suggest that how control is manifested can still differ.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0036339555
U2 - 10.5465/3069359
DO - 10.5465/3069359
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
AN - SCOPUS:0036339555
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 45
SP - 453
EP - 466
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 2
M1 - 1
ER -