A Study on The Assessment of The Locus of Control among The Management Students

The locus of control is a psychological aspect used to measure the individual’s ‎personality and his/her believes on the inter-relationship between future outcomes and ‎internal and external factors. The internal locus of control is highly preferable than ‎the external locus of control due to belief that future outcomes are caused present efforts ‎and hard work. Therefore, an internal locus of control is highly preferable in ‎students to succeed in the future and make very effective financial and ‎investment decisions in life. The present study emphasized the assessment of locus ‎of control personalities among the 156 students pursuing management courses ‎‎(MBA) in KBN College of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and India. Moreover, the ‎study examines the locus of control personality association between gender, ‎region, religion, and specialization. The study found a significant association ‎between demographic factors and locus of control personalities. The study ‎observed that a high locus of control among female, rural students due to social, ‎cultural, educational, and economic barriers faced in their lives made them stronger ‎mentally. The study also observed the same pattern in Hindu religion students. ‎The statistical result found no significant differences in the locus of personalities ‎based on the specialization. The study adopted chi-square to examine the ‎hypothesis and reliability, and validity test‎.