COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE LOCUS OF CONTROL AND RISK TENDENCY LEVELS OF THE PERSONNEL WORKING IN TWO DIFFERENT STATE INSTITUTIONS

In this study, it is aimed to compare the employees of two different occupational groups in terms of risk tendency and locus of control and investigation of the relationship between locus of control and risk taking tendency. For this purpose, 263 male teachers who work in Kastamonu as personnel of Ministry of Education and 168 policemen who also work in Kastamonu as personnel of City Police Department are studied with. Locus of Control Scale, the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking and Personal Information Form are applied to the participants. SPSS (11.00) pack program is used for the analysis of the gathered data. According to the results, it is found that, there is a positive correlation (r=.112; p<.05) between risk taking tendency and locus of control. Also, the people who have an external locus of control significantly have more tendencies on risk taking when they are compared with the internals.