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Kepoglu, Abdurrahman – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2021
The study aims to determine the degree to which sports managers show behaviors related to management processes and to what extent the focus of control of sports managers affects these behaviors, to increase the performance of sports managers. The universe of the research consists of 1st , 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students studying at the Department…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Athletics, Administrators, Leadership Qualities
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Kirdök, Oguzhan; Harman, Esranur – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This study intends to elaborate upon difficulties in career decisions of high school students with different locus of control. 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students aged 14-19, 282 (%55.4) females, 227 (%44.6) males totaling 509 participants involved in research located in the south of Turkey. Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire…
Descriptors: High School Students, Decision Making, Locus of Control, Foreign Countries
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Gurel, Eda; Madanoglu, Melih; Altinay, Levent – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This longitudinal study assesses whether higher education has the same impact on the entrepreneurial intentions of women and men with regard to their propensity to risk-taking in particular. Design/methodology/approach: A self-administrated survey instrument was used to collect data from students studying business and engineering at five…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Risk, Entrepreneurship, Intention
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Akça, Figen; Sakar, Züleyha – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2017
In this research, the relationship between the levels of locus of control of teacher candidates who will be not only practitioners of the innovations in education, but will also have to work with students from different cultures, and the levels of Multicultural Proficiency Perceptions will be studied. On the other hand, as levels of teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Locus of Control, Foreign Countries
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Çakir, Mustafa – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate prospective teachers' perceived personal problem-solving competencies in relation to gender, major, place lived, and internal-external locus of control. The Personal Problem-Solving Inventory and Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale were used to collect data from freshman teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Gender Differences
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Oguz, Aytunga; Sariçam, Hakan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The aim of the current research study was to examine the link between critical thinking dispositions and locus of control in pre-service teachers. The participants of this study were selected via easily accessible sampling technique. The participants consist of 347 pre-service teachers (203 female, 144 male) in Kütahya, Turkey. The Rotter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Locus of Control, Preservice Teachers
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Balaban Dagal, Asude; Bayindir, Dilan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the level of self-directed learning readiness, locus of control and the personality traits of preschool teacher candidates. The survey method was used for this study. The study group consisted of 151 teacher candidates who volunteered to participate in the study from Preschool…
Descriptors: Investigations, Learning Readiness, Locus of Control, Personality Traits
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Kayis, Ahmet Rifat; Ceyhan, Aydogan Aykut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
It is the aim of this research to investigate the achievement goals of university students. Firstly, university students' adoption levels of achievement goals are described. Next, how their level of academic self-efficacy, irrational beliefs, perfectionism, self-determination, locus of control and gender predict each achievement goal is depicted.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables
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Konan, Necdet – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem statement: In social open systems, there are basically two determinant of organizational behavior: "organizational" and "personal." The former is mostly related to the aim of the organization, the necessities of the work, whereas the latter is concerned with the traits of the employee. Various studies have focused on…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Educational Administration, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries
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Akça, Figen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-handicapping, academic procrastination, the locus of control and academic success. The aim was also to determine whether these variables predicted self-handicapping behavior. The population of the study consisted of 263 undergraduates studying in different departments of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior, Time Management
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Karatas, Zeynep; Tagay, Ozlem – International Education Studies, 2012
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between self-esteem, locus of control and multidimensional perfectionism, and the extent to which the variables of self-esteem, locus of control and multidimensional perfectionism contribute to the prediction of subjective well-being. The study was carried out with 318 final…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Locus of Control, Well Being, Personality Traits
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Isik, Erkan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of vocational outcome expectation to social support which is an environmental factor and locus of control which is a personal factor. With this purpose, using Social Cognitive Career Theory as the theoretical framework, 263 undergraduate students completed Vocational Outcome Expectations…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables, Social Cognition
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Atik, Gökhan; Güneri, Oya Yerin – School Psychology International, 2013
This study explored the roles of individual factors (age, gender, locus of control, self-esteem, and loneliness), parenting style, and academic achievement in discriminating students involved in bullying (as bullies, victims, and bully/victims) from those not involved. Participants comprised 742 middle school students (393 females, 349 males). The…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Middle School Students, Parent Role