The Locus of Control & Attribution Style Test assesses whether a person believes that he or she has an impact on and can control what happens in his or her life, which can impact motivation, expectations, self-esteem, and risk-taking behavior.   Before you invest the time and money to train a new employee, test your applicants for skills like:

• Success Orientation
• Stability
• Self-Efficiency

This test provides the answers you need to make informed decisions.

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Purpose: Locus of Control & Attribution Style Test assesses whether a person believes that he or she has an impact on and can control what happens in his or her life, which can impact motivation, expectations, self-esteem, and risk-taking behavior.

APPLICATION:

• Pre-employment
• Personal development
• Leadership development
• Sales and customer service training

8 Locus of Control & Attribution Style Test SCALES:

• Success Orientation
• Success Stability
• Failure Orientation
• Failure Stability
• Career or Academic-related Locus of Control
• Global Locus of Control
• Impact of Upbringing and Heredity
• Self-efficacy

No. of questions: 35
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 10 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards; EEOC standards (gender, age, disability, ethnicity1)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 55,053
Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.86

Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population and 25 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Report Includes:

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths and Limitations
• Impression Management
• Advice

Factors and Scales:

Overall Score plus 8 scales, including:

• Success Orientation: Assesses whether a person attributes success to internal factors (under one’s control) or external factors (beyond one’s control).
• Success Stability: Assesses whether a person attributes success to stable or unstable factors.
• Failure Orientation: Extent to which a person attributes failures to factors within one’s control or factors beyond control.
• Failure Stability: Assesses whether a person attributes failure to stable or unstable forces