Web Survey

Locus of Control

* denotes mandatory


Your Identification
Please supply the information requested below. Your school ID number and other data will be used to correlate data between surveys, etc. All information is strictly confidential and your ID will not be used for any other purpose.



*Q1.		Please type in your course name and section, e.g., MGT-612ST



*Q2.		Type in the LAST four (4) digits of your school ID number, no spaces, no dashes, etc.



Q3.		Type in your e-mail address in case it is necessary to contact you. For example, to give feedback or scores.

Q4.

Ethnicity
(Optional Question)

	African American, Black
	Native American, Alaskan Native
	Asian American
	Asian, & Indian Subcontinent
	Hispanic, Latino
	Mexican American, Chicano

	Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
	Puerto Rican
	White, Caucasian
	Other
	Not Answered

Q5.

What School are you attending?

	Stevens Institute of Technology
	NYU

	Pace University
	Columbia

Q6.

What degree are you earning?

	BA/BS
	MA/MS

	Executive Masters
	Doctorate

	Certificate
	Auditing

Q7.

How far are you towards your degree?

	Up to 25%
	Up to 50%

	Up to 75%
	Finishing up !



Q8.		What is your age?

Q9.

Gender?

Female

Male


Locus of Control Scale - Instructions
This questionnaire assesses your opinions about certain issues. Each item consists of a pair of alternatives selected by clicking on the appropriate bullet. Select the alternative with which you most agree. If you believe both alternatives to some extent, select the one with which you most strongly agree. If you do not believe either alternative, mark the one with which you least strongly disagree. Since this is an assessment of opinions, there are obviously no right or wrong answers.

Locus of Control

Select the one that you most agree with or least disagree with.

*1.

Select one.

	Leaders are born, not made.
	Leaders are made, not born.

*2.

Select one.

	People often succeed because they are in the right place at the right time.
	Success is mostly dependent on hard work and ability.

*3.

Select one.

	When things go wrong in my life, it's generally because I have made mistakes.
	Misfortunes occur in my life regardless of what I do.

*4.

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	Whether there is war or not depends on the actions of certain world leaders.
	It is inevitable that the world will continue to experience wars.

*5.

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	Good children are mainly products of good parents.
	Some children turn out bad no matter how their parents behave.

*6.

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	My future success depends mainly on circumstances I can't control.
	I am the master of my fate.

*7.

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	History judges certain people to have been effective leaders mainly because circumstances made them visible and successful.
	Effective leaders are those who have made decisions or taken actions that resulted in significant contributions.

*8.

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	To avoid punishing children guarantees that they will grow up irresponsibly.
	Spanking children is never appropriate.

*9.

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	I often feel that I have little influence over the direction my life is taking.
	It is unreasonable to believe that fate or luck plays a crucial part in how my life turns out.

*10.

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	Some customers will never be satisfied no matter what you do.
	You can satisfy customers by giving them what they want when they want it.

*11.

Select one.

	Anyone can get good grades in school if he or she works hard enough.
	Some people are never going to excel in school no matter how hard they try.

*12.

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	Good marriages result when both partners continually work on the relationship.
	Some marriages are going to fail because the partners are just incompatible.

*13.

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	I am confident that I can improve my basic management skills through learning and practice.
	It is a waste of time to try to improve management skills in a classroom.

*14.

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	More management skills courses should be taught in business schools.
	Less emphasis should be put on skills in business schools.

*15.

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	When I think back on the good things that happened to me, I believe they happened mainly because of something I did.
	The bad things that have happened in my life have mainly resulted from circumstances outside my control.

*16.

Select one.

	Many exams I took in school were unconnected to the material I had studied, so studying hard didn't help at all.
	When I prepared well for exams in school, I generally did quite well.

*17.

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	I am sometimes influenced by what my astrological chart says.
	No matter how the stars are lined up, I can determine my own destiny.

*18.

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	Government is so big and bureaucratic that it is very difficult for any one person to have any impact on what happens.
	Single individuals can have a real influence on politics if they will speak up and let their wishes be known.

*19.

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	People seek responsibility in work.
	People try to get away with doing as little as they can.

*20.

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	The most popular people seem to have a special, inherent charisma that attracts people to them.
	People become popular because of how they behave.

*21.

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	Things over which I have little control just seem to occur in my life.
	Most of the time I feel responsible for the outcomes I produce.

*22.

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	Managers who improve their personal competence will succeed more than those who do not improve.
	Management success has very little to do with the competence possessed by the individual manager.

*23.

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	Teams that win championships in most sports are usually the teams that, in the end, have the most luck.
	More often than not, teams that win championships are those with the most talented players and the best preparation.

*24.

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	Teamwork in business is a prerequisite to success.
	Individual effort is the best hope for success.

*25.

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	Some workers are just lazy and can't be motivated to work hard no matter what you do.
	If you are a skillful manager, you can motivate almost any worker to put forth more effort.

*26.

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	In the long run, people can improve this country's economic strength through responsible action.
	The economic health of this country is largely beyond the control of individuals.

*27.

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	I am persuasive when I know I'm right.
	I can persuade most people even when I'm not sure I'm right.

*28.

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	I tend to plan ahead and generate steps to accomplish the goals that I have set.
	I seldom plan ahead because things generally turn out OK anyway.

*29.

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	Some things are just meant to be.
	We can change anything in our lives by hard work, persistence, and ability.