Correlations between Locus of Control and Professional Motivation of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Abstract

The study was carried out at the Expert Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Irkutsk in order to reveal correlations between locus of control and the employees’ professional motivation. The study involved 40 men aged between 23 and 50. The research revealed a high level of externality the respondents showed. There are high indicators on the internality scale in relation to health and illness. The employees recognize their responsibility in family relations however the figures are medium. The lowest rate of responsibility was revealed in the field of interpersonal and production relations. The highest rate of correlations was revealed between preferred choice of a motive for responsible work and high internality in the field of failures which amounted to 0,81. There is also a high correlation between the motive for achieving personal success and low internality in the field of family relations 0,77. There is a strong correlation of 0,71 between the financial motive, high internality in the field of achievements and general internality. There is a strong relationship between the financial motive and general internality, as well as between the financial motive and low internality in the area of failures r = 0,65 and r = 0,5. A high correlation r = 0,5 can be traced between the motive of a career and the length of service. An inverse correlation was revealed between the dominant motive of responsible work, the scales of general internality and internality in the field of achievements r = –0,43 and –0,48.