International
Norms for the Work Locus of Control Scale
|
Country |
WLCS
Score |
Number
of Samples |
Total
Sample Size |
|
China |
57.1 |
2 |
393 |
|
Bulgaria |
53.4 |
1 |
178 |
|
Ukraine |
52.9 |
1 |
265 |
|
Iran |
50.9 |
2 |
605 |
|
Japan |
50.5 |
1 |
1990 |
|
Puerto Rico |
50.1 |
1 |
26 |
|
Portugal |
49.9 |
1 |
102 |
|
Taiwan |
49.5 |
1 |
345 |
|
Spain |
49.4 |
2 |
407 |
|
Slovenia |
49.1 |
1 |
496 |
|
Hong Kong |
48.2 |
4 |
992 |
|
Poland |
48.0 |
1 |
267 |
|
Latvia |
47.8 |
1 |
246 |
|
Brazil |
47.6 |
1 |
117 |
|
Estonia |
47.3 |
1 |
165 |
|
Romania |
46.5 |
3 |
567 |
|
India |
46.0 |
3 |
351 |
|
Jordan |
46.0 |
2 |
706 |
|
France |
45.0 |
1 |
62 |
|
Georgia |
44.3 |
1 |
500 |
|
Israel |
43.7 |
1 |
99 |
|
Pakistan |
43.7 |
1 |
197 |
|
Belgium |
43.4 |
1 |
186 |
|
Jamaica |
43.1 |
1 |
143 |
|
Australia |
42.0 |
3 |
550 |
|
UK |
41.8 |
10 |
1552 |
|
Canada |
40.6 |
3 |
594 |
|
Germany |
40.4 |
1 |
85 |
|
US |
39.5 |
41 |
6277 |
|
Sweden |
39.3 |
3 |
832 |
|
South Africa |
37.7 |
3 |
325 |
|
New Zealand |
36.9 |
1 |
536 |
In order from most external (top) to internal
(bottom). Scores that are close might not be significantly different. Keep in mind
that in most cases the number of samples/subjects was limited, so the estimate
of country LOC is likely not precise. Furthermore, samples are not always
comparable, e.g., many of the single sample countries were from the CISMS study
of managers (see CISMS section of this website for details), and managers tend
to be more internal than lower level employees.
Paul E. Spector, June
22, 2006.