The Effect of Locus of Control On Organizational CommitmentAsdda

Abstract

Competition is a reality that must be faced by various organizations from various industrial sectors. One of 
the characteristics of organizations that can fase competition and coexist with competitive situations is 
creativity. Creativity comes from human resources. One of the resources that detrmine the ability o fan 
organization to fase competitive pressures is human resources (people). In higher education institutions, 
lecturers are a vital resources that Will greatly detrmine the performance of the university, wether it i sable 
to compete or not. Lecturer performance is a manifestation of the lecturer’s commitment to the university. 
Lecturer who have hgih organizational commitment will tend to produce high erformance. One of the 
factor that can explainvariations in lecturer’s organizational commitment is the personality factor. In this 
study, this personality factor is the locus of control. Theoritically, in organization that are not to structured 
stifly, people who have an internal locus of control will have high organizational commitment as well. In 
this study, the propositions is formulated that lecturers who have an internal locus of control will have high 
organizational commitment.