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...research on how locus of control affects individuals at work. Increased stress: occupational stress in teachers was found to be positively associated with the teachers' generalised belief in external control (Kyriacou and Sutcliffe, 1997). Higher level of accidents: hospital employees with more external safety locus of control orientations reported significantly more...

...research project with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), I interviewed a volunteer for a local women’s team who noted that finding venues for just 6 home fixtures was incredibly challenging. An informal hierarchy seemed to be in place when it came to booking fixtures – established men’s teams first, newer men’s teams next, then boy’s fixtures and only...

...research, such as Olson and Fazio (2002), found that these often reflect childhood learning and experiences, including the culture we were brought up in. Learning and judgement from, and experiences with, family, friends, school, society, media, all contribute to self-limiting beliefs. Conner and Barrett (2005) suggest that we continuously assess situations in relation to...

...researching image related to anxiety. It seems that there might be a link here. Whilst lack of empathy would appear to be a necessity to enable violent crimes to be committed, in the wider personality structure the criminal's self image must surely play a part in the complexities of motivating factors. At a subconscious level is there some sense of personal satisfaction...