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Changing Locus of Control: Steelworkers Adjusting to Forced Unemployment
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Legerski, Elizabeth Miklya; Cornwall, Marie; O'Neil, Brock – Social Forces, 2006
Using an abbreviated version of Levenson's (1981) locus of control scale, we examine change over time in the locus of control of displaced steelworkers. The first data collection occurred approximately six months after plant shutdown, the second occurred a year later. Utilizing a multidimensional measurement model, we test the major assumption…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Unemployment, Data Collection, Dislocated Workers