TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rotter Locus of Control Scale in 43 Countries
T2 - A Test of Cultural Relativity
AU - Smith, Peter B.
AU - Trompenaars, Fons
AU - Dugan, Shaun
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - A databank of 9140 responses to the Rotter (1966) locus of control scale was analyzed, using multidimensional scaling techniques. Respondents were employees in business organizations in 43 countries. Three interpretable dimensions were identified. The first was interpreted in terms of Schwartz's (1992) dimensions of mastery over the environment versus harmony with the environment. It also correlated significantly with country means for internality. The second distinguished responses from countries identified by Hofstede (1980) as individualist and collectivist. The third referred principally to the role of luck and chance. Parallels with the results of Levenson (1981) and the implications of convergence with the results of cross‐cultural studies not based upon the concept of locus of control are discussed.
AB - A databank of 9140 responses to the Rotter (1966) locus of control scale was analyzed, using multidimensional scaling techniques. Respondents were employees in business organizations in 43 countries. Three interpretable dimensions were identified. The first was interpreted in terms of Schwartz's (1992) dimensions of mastery over the environment versus harmony with the environment. It also correlated significantly with country means for internality. The second distinguished responses from countries identified by Hofstede (1980) as individualist and collectivist. The third referred principally to the role of luck and chance. Parallels with the results of Levenson (1981) and the implications of convergence with the results of cross‐cultural studies not based upon the concept of locus of control are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207599508246576
DO - 10.1080/00207599508246576
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991145187
SN - 0020-7594
VL - 30
SP - 377
EP - 400
JO - International Journal of Psychology
JF - International Journal of Psychology
IS - 3
ER -