Dissension in the organization as it relates to control expectancies |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey W Kassing Theodore A Avtgis |
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| Institution: | 1. Assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies , Arizona State University West , Phoenix, AZ, 85069–7100;2. Assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Communication Sciences, and Theatre , St. John's University , Jamaica, NY, 11439 |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine how employees’ strategies for expressing dissent relate to work locus of control expectancies. Employees (N = 280) completed measures of organizational dissent and work specific locus of control. Results indicated that employees reporting an internal control orientation used significantly more articulated dissent than either moderate or external control oriented employees. Additionally, findings indicated that external oriented employees used significantly more latent dissent than employees reporting either moderate or external control orientations did. |
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