Sex Differences in Career Development: Locus of Control and Career Commitment Effects
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 65 (1) , 107-114
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1989.65.1.107
Abstract
In this research attitudes and behavioral dispositions of men and women in two age groups that may correspond to different career stages were compared. Locus of control and career commitment were studied using a sample of 293 full-time employed MBA students. Analysis supported the hypothesis that older men would have a more internal locus of control than older women who would be more external. No other differences were found. Explanations and implications of the findings for sex differences in career development are discussed.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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