Jingqiu Chen, Lei Wang *
Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Received 24 March 2006; received in revised form 5 July 2006; accepted 13 July 2006
Available online 17 October 2006
Received 24 March 2006; received in revised form 5 July 2006; accepted 13 July 2006
Available online 17 October 2006
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of locus of control on psychological reactions to change. It examines the relationship between locus of control and the three components of commitment to a change (Herscovitch & Meyer, 2002) that have been found to exhibit different behavioral implications. A total of 215 Chinese customs service staff participated in the present study. The results show that locus of control can significantly predict participants’ commitment to a specific change. In particular, the relationship between locus of control and the three different components of commitment to change are differentiative: participants with more internal locus of control were more likely to have high affective and normative commitment to change, whereas participants with more external locus of control were more likely to have high continuance commitment to change. The implications for theoretical research and organizational practice are also discussed.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of locus of control on psychological reactions to change. It examines the relationship between locus of control and the three components of commitment to a change (Herscovitch & Meyer, 2002) that have been found to exhibit different behavioral implications. A total of 215 Chinese customs service staff participated in the present study. The results show that locus of control can significantly predict participants’ commitment to a specific change. In particular, the relationship between locus of control and the three different components of commitment to change are differentiative: participants with more internal locus of control were more likely to have high affective and normative commitment to change, whereas participants with more external locus of control were more likely to have high continuance commitment to change. The implications for theoretical research and organizational practice are also discussed.
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Keywords: Psychological reaction to change; Commitment to change; Locus of control
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