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GENDERBASED ANALYSIS OF LOCUS OF CONTROL AMONG UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).08      10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).08      Published : Dec 2021

Gender-Based Analysis of Locus of Control among University Teachers

Abstract

    The purpose of the present study was to analyze the gender difference with the locus of control among university teachers. The major objective of this research was to explore gender-based analysis among university teachers regarding the locus of control. All public sector university teachers of Islamabad were the population of this study. A simple random sampling technique was applied in order to select a representative sample from the population. The study sample consisted of 100 teachers (51 males and 49 females) from 5 public sector universities. The researcher developed locus of control instrument consisting of twenty-seven items. For data tabulation and analysis, appropriate statistical tools were used. The analysis of data showed that there was a significant difference exist between locus of control and gender. It may be recommended that awareness programs of internal locus of control should be conducted by the higher authorities in the universities for female educators.

    Locus of Control, Gender, University Teachers

    (1) Benazir Ayesha
    Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Shazia Zamir
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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