Education is undoubtedly the greatest instrument which man has devised for his own progress. All societies have one form of education or another but the use to which it is put varies. This study investigated study habits, academic locus of control and self-efficacy as correlates of academic achievement among undergraduate students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. A descriptive research survey was utilised for the study. The sample consisted of 524 undergraduate students selected from five faculties through proportional stratified random sampling technique. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses were tested at .05 significant level while data were generated using standardized psychological tests which are Internal Control Index (ICI), Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), Study Habit Inventory (SHI) and Cumulative Grade point Average (CGPA) of the participants. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Statistics was used to analyse the data. Results obtained showed a significant relationship between study habits, locus of control, self-efficacy and academic achievement among undergraduate students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. It was recommended that parents, lecturers and the stakeholders on the campus and in the society at large should empower the undergraduate students to match both external and internal locus of control by self-efficacy, competence and effective study habits to achieve their academic goals.

Most people seek a happy life and happiness positively affects sentiment, satisfaction with life, creativity, human relationship, business productivity, and even health and life extension. However, according to a survey in 2013, subjective happiness of adolescents (including university students) was very low compared to other age groups in Korea. Therefore this paper examined the effects of job-seeking stress, appearance recognition, financial situation, trust in government, and locus of control on university students' happiness using SEM (structural equation modeling). 207 university students in Seoul, Korea have been surveyed. At first, an initial experimental SEM model among these variables has been set up and reliability analysis has been conducted. Then multiple regression analyses on job-seeking stress and happiness as well as SEM analysis have been conducted. As a result of these analyses, the SEM model has been revised two times. The final SEM model passed the goodness-of-fit test (using RMR, GFI, NFI, CFI, and IFI indices). The final SEM model showed the followings. First, Higher job-seeking stress (especially sentimental part, rather than environment or action related parts) negatively affects happiness. Second, Trust in government also affects happiness both directly and indirectly. Third, Locus of control is affected both by trust in government and financial situation. Fourth, appearance recognition heavily affects job-seeking stress. In addition, appearance importance is higher than appearance interest, meaning that students who are not very interested in appearance usually recognize the importance of appearance. Finally, happiness is affected neither financial situation nor appearance recognition. Therefore, even either they are in a poor financial situation or not happy with their appearance, they can be happy if they have firm locus of control.

This study aimed to examine the effects of transformational leadership on employees’ trust, perceived support from superiors, organizational citizenship behavior, and moderating effects of locus of control. Using the Amos program, this study tested reliability and fitness of the research model and verified five hypotheses based on empirical data from 233 employee samples in coffee shops. The result of this study shows that positive consideration and charisma of transformational leadership positively influenced employees’ level of trust toward superiors and perceived support from superiors. Trust had positive effects on promotion of organizational citizenship behavior of employees. Lastly, analysis of the moderating effect of locus of control showed that a lower level of extrinsic control and higher level of intrinsic control were both positively correlated with greater receptiveness to transformational leadership. The findings in this study identified several significant factors of employee effectiveness influenced by transformational leadership in the coffee shop industry. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

국내·외 기업 간 경쟁의 심화로 인해 근로시간이 증가하면서 일중독 발생 가능성이 높은 환경이 조성되고 있다. 일중독은 일몰입, 일에 대한 강박관념, 일향유감으로 구성된 개념으로, 일중독자일수록 직무성과뿐 아니라 개인의 건강에까지 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 그러나 일중독은 성취지향성이 높은 개인의 한 특성을 나타내기도 한다. 따라서 일중독이 가진 부정적·긍정적 효과를 함께 연구할 필요가 있으나 국내에서는 일중독 자체에 대한 연구가 많지 않으며 대부분이 일중독의 부정적 효과에만 초점을 두고 있다. 본 연구는 일중독이 직무성과에 미치는 영향을 검증하여 개인적·조직적 차원의 관리방안을 제시하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 우리나라 대기업과 100억 이상 매출을 가진 중소기업 종사자 218명을 대상으로 실증분석을 한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 일에 대한 강박관념과 일 향유감이 높아질수록 직무만족은 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 일 향유감이 높아질수록 이직의도는 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 선행연구에서 일중독이 부정적 결과만을 유발한다는 것과 달리 긍정적 측면도 있음을 제시한 것이다. 둘째, 일중독이 직무성과에 미치는 부정적 영향은 조직적 차원에서 관리가능한 것으로 나타났다. 즉,일중독 경향이 강한 구성원이라도 조직의 사회적 지원이 있는 경우 직무만족은 향상시키고 이직의도는 감소시켜 직무성과에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 사회적 지원은 상황요소를 고려하여 적용할 필요가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 일중독과 직무성과간 부정적 관계는 개인적 차원에서도 관리가능한 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 내재론자는 외재론자에 비해 일중독 정도가 높게 나타났다. 그러나 외재론자라 하더라도 일중독의 하위요소 중 일향유감이 높은 경우, 직무에 대한 만족감이 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 조직에서 내재론자에 대한 일중독 관리가 더 필요하며, 나아가 외재론자하더라도 일향유감을 만끽할 수 있도록 일관리를 한다면 성취지향적 업무수행이 가능함을 보여주는 것이다.

In this study, college students, the nature of the locus of control type determines that they affect about career decision making. For this purpose I a systematic and comprehensive study to literature research and empirical research. This research topics and research model based on the hypothesis set and set the hypothesis verified results to the following conclusions were able to elicit. Internals types influence that they showed a positive impact in reasonable career decision making type. Externals types influence that they showed a positive impact in intuitive, dependent career decision making type. The summarized facts, as above, may be empirical analysis results that may be advised during the career decision making of college students, and will be data which will propose a new direction in the career decision making of college students also.

This study investigates the relationship among locus of control, organizational justice, and job satisfaction. First, this study examines the conceptual structures of organizational justice through field study. Second, organizational justice influences jo

The purpose of this study is to examine the dynamic relationships among locus of control as a individual traits, the three organizational equity factors(distributive equity, procedural equity and interactional equity), individual attitudes and behaviors(j

The purpose of this study is to examine the dynamic relationships among locus of control as a individual traits, the three organizational equity factors(distributive equity, procedural equity and interactional equity), individual attitudes and behaviors(job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention). In this study, we designed research model based on extensive literature review and tested each hypothesis through empirical analysis of which single public organization was the subject. The results are as follows: locus of control negatively affect all the three equity factors. And distributive equity positively affect job satisfaction whereas both procedural equity and interactional equity positively affect organizational commitment. Also only organizational commitment not job satisfaction positively affect turnover intention. The various implications to manage organizational equity, job satisfaction and organizational commitment and the limitations of the study and directions for future research were discussed.

Investors from the whole world are looking for those stock markets that are less affected by interest rates. Pakistan is a good place to invest and the investors from the whole world are considering Pakistan for future ventures. The current study, therefore, aims to analyze the factors affecting investors’ decision making in Pakistan with the interaction effect of locus of control. The primary data are gathered from 300 respondents. Structural equation modelling (SEM-PLS) is used to analyze the interactions among variables. The study finds positive impact of availability and representative biases on investment decision making. The study could not find any moderating role of locus of control. The results imply that decisions made by Pakistani investors are driven by the most easily or currently available information and they trust on the information obtained from family and friends without any authentication and verification. One possible description of insignificant moderation effect of locus of control can be the sample traits used in the study, e.g., personal characteristics, that change from culture to culture. Another description of these findings may be the association between heuristic biases, including availability, representative and psychological biases and decision-making regarding investment is not personality specific.

Organ size control is a fundamental developmental processes for higher plants as well as a promising target trait for molecular breeding in crop plants. Genetic mechanisms how plant organs grow to a certain size remains still unclear. Here we present the identification and characterization of a genetic mutant, big flower1-1 (bif1-1) in Arabidopsis that exhibits bigger organ size primarily due to increased cell size. Genetic analysis indicated that it is a single, semi-dominant mutation. Phenotypic analysis showed that bif1-1 exerts pleiotropic effects: it caused bigger seed size, bigger seedling, bigger leaf, thicker stem, increased trichome branching, smaller fruit, and bigger pollen. Microscopic analysis suggested that the bigger organ size in bif1-1 mutant is primarily attributed to increased cell size. Gene expression analysis indicated that most of growth-control genes tested were not altered in bif1-1 mutant. Instead, expression of ARGOS and auxin-inducibility of ANT were reduced in bif1-1 mutant. Our ongoing positional on the corresponding gene would not only shed light on the molecular mechanisms how plants adopt final organ size but also provide a promising genetic resource for genetic engineering of flower- and seed-size in crop plants.