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Spring 2005

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 20, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2005 | Economic Education

An Educational Note on Locus of Control and Personality Type in the Formation of Students' Attitudes Toward Economic Institutions

Anthony Barilla, George Southern University

Darrell Parker, Georgia Southern University

Chris Paul, Georgia Southern University

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JournalofPrivateEnterpriseAnEducationalNoteonLocusofControlandPersonalityTypeintheFormationofStudents=AttitudesTowardEconomicInstitutionsAnthonyBarillaGeorgeSouthernUniversityDarrellParkerGeorgiaSouthernUniversityChrisPaulGeorgiaSouthernUniversityThereissubstantialandgrowingevidencethateconomicandpoliticalinstitutionsplayacentralroleindeterminingtherateofeconomicgrowthanddevelopment.Thedeterminantsofeconomicandpoliticalinstitutionsacrossculturesandgovernmentsislesswellunderstood,butareinparttheconsequenceofbeliefsandattitudestowardalternativeformsofeconomicorganization.Boulding(1969)suggeststhatthelinkbetweeneconomicandpoliticalattitudesandthesocialprocessisanimportanttopicforeconomiceducationresearch.Pro-marketattitudeshavebeenshowntoimpactsuccessintheprincipleseconomicscourse(BreedenandLephardt,2002).Researchonlocusofcontrolandpersonalitytypesasinfluencesintheformationofstudents=attitudestowardeconomicinstitutionsisconsistentwiththatresearchdirection.Specificallyaddressedinthisstudyistheroleofpersonalitytypeandlocusofcontrolintheformationofattitudestowardeconomicandpoliticalinstitutions.Themeasureofeconomicandpoliticalattitudesisobtainedfromresponsestotwopersonalitytests,theLocusofControlandMyers-Briggs.Theattitudestowardeconomicandpoliticalinstitutionswereobtainedfromresponsestoquestionsoneconomicconservatism.Theelicitedeconomicbeliefsarethencorrelatedwithself-reportedlocusofcontrolresponsesandself-reportedpersonalitytypes.The214surveyrespondentsconsisted

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Title	An Educational Note on Locus of Control and Personality Type in the Formation of Students' Attitudes Toward Economic Institutions
Authors/Creators:	Anthony Barilla, George Southern University Darrell Parker, Georgia Southern University Chris Paul, Georgia Southern University
Year:	2005
Volume:	20
Number:	2
Pages:	192 - 202
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Psychology, Financial Institutions, Market Economy

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Barilla, Anthony; Parker, Darrell; Paul, Chris / 2005. "An Educational Note on Locus of Control and Personality Type in the Formation of Students' Attitudes Toward Economic Institutions." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 20(2): 192-202.