Valuating The Connection Between Internal Locus Of Control And Career Decision Making Among Students Pursuing Post-Graduation

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between the internal locus of control and career decision making among students pursuing post-graduation in the management discipline. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The data were collected from 204 respondents’ using the online survey method. Students pursuing M.B.A. in the Chennai region were considered as the samples of the study. For the study, the researcher adopted a Simple random sampling technique. From the analysis made it was understood that the majority of the respondents pursuing post-graduation in management studies were male also, the almost equal amount of students were pursuing 1^st and 2^nd year. It was identified that there is no significant difference in the internal locus of control among the respondents belonging to a different gender and year of persuasion. The important locus of control characteristics found among the students are found to be; being more independent, having considerable achievements and less stress. Also, it was found that there is a weak positive relationship of 36.1% between internal locus of control and effectiveness of career decision making.