The relationship of locus of control in individual behavior with role conflict and role ambiguity: An investigation in the public sector [Birey davranişindaki kontrol odaǧinin rol çatişmasi ve rol belirsizliǧi algisi ile i̇lişkisi: Kamu sektöründe bir araştirma]

This study aims to explore the relationship of locus of control in individual behavior with role conflict and role ambiguity in the workplace environment on the basis of data on 153 selected employees from a leading organization in the public sector. the study has attempted to analyze whether perceived role conflict and role ambiguity differ between individuals with internal locus of control and those with and external locus of control,or not,via t-test,and correlations between the variables were estimated. the analyses found that there was a significant difference in perceived role ambiguity of individuals with internal and external locus of control. no difference was detected with respect to perceived role conflict. in addition,significant correlations between locus of control,role conflict and role ambiguity were found. the most important contribution of the findings to managerial practices is that it may be helpful to employ people with internal locus of control for jobs with high role ambiguity.