Detail An investigation into the causal relationship between employees’ locus of control and contextual performance   Oleh:  Asiedu-Appiah, F. ; Addai, H. Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) Proceedings: Feb 2014; Vol. 21 (1), page 1-21. Fulltext: 04 - ASBBS 2014 - p40.pdf (518.1KB) Isi artikel Locus of control (LOC) has been construed as the extent to which individuals believe that they have control over their own destiny. This study is concerned with investigating the causal relationship between LOC and contextual performance of employees of Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). Contextual performance includes any behavior that contributes to organizational effectiveness through its impact on the psychological, social, and organizational context of work. These include volunteering to carry out tasks that are not formally part of one’s job and helping and cooperating with others in the organization to get tasks accomplished. LOC levels of respondents were captured. Supervisors further assessed their contextual performance using a Likert scaled questionnaire provided. The findings of the study revealed that most of the respondents at KCCR have internal locus of control whilst a few have external locus of control. The majority of the respondents however had only moderate internal locus of control. The study further discovered that employees’ educational qualification and religious denomination are the two socio-cultural variables with significant impact on employees’ LOC. Other variables such as age, gender and marital status showed no significant correlation. Employing regression analysis, the study observed that there is a significant positive relationship between LOC and contextual performance; employees with internal LOC tend to have higher contextual performance than those with external locus of control. It is recommended that self-awareness programs, behavior modeling and further education will help employees develop the right mental attitude and contribute positively to the success of their organizations. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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