This test will help you analyze, what is you level of self-confidence/self trust? How you deal with success and failures? Who drives/controls your life, you yourself or others? How much you believe in the destiny/chance?

Q: 1. I can, to a large extent determine what matters to me in the organization. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 2. The course of my career largely depends on me. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 3. My success or failure depends mostly on the amount of effort I put in. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 4. The persons who are important control most matters here. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 5. To a large extent, my career depends on my seniors. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 6. My effectiveness in this organization is mostly determined by my seniors. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 7. The organization one joins or the job one gets are largely a matter of chance. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 8. One's career is to a great extent, a matter of chance. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 9. Success of a person depends on the breaks or chances he (she) gets. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 10. Successful completion of assignments is mainly due to my detailed planning and hard work. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 11. Being liked by seniors or making a good impression usually influence promotion decisions. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 12. Getting rewards in the organization is a matter of luck. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 13. Success of ones plans is, to a large extent, a matter of luck. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 14. Getting promotion largely depends on my being in the right place at the right time. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 15. Senior persons preference determines who would be rewarded in the organization. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 16. My success, to a large extent, depends on my competence and hard work. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 17. How much I am liked in the organization depends on my seniors. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 18. It is a matter of luck that people listen to you. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 19. If my seniors do not like me, I probably would not succeed in this organization. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 20. Usually I am responsible for my getting, or not getting, rewards. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 21. My success or failure is mostly a matter of luck. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 22. My success or failure depends mostly on those who work with me. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 23. My promotion in the organization depends mostly on my ability and effort. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 24. My experience is that most things in the organization are beyond ones control. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 25. I can work hard enough to get my suggestions accepted in the organization. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 26. I am acceptable to others in my organization because I am lucky. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 27. Generally, I determine what happens to me in the organization. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 28. My acceptability to others will depend on my behavior with them. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 29. My ideas get accepted if I make them fit with the desires of my seniors. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Q: 30. Pressure groups and not individual employees control things in the organization as they are more powerful. Strongly feel Generally feel Somewhat feel Slightly / Seldom feel Hardly or Never feel

Your scores are:

For locus of control measured through Loco Inventory, following ranges are interpreted as under. Scores in I(Internal), EO( External Others) and EC (External Chance) vary from 0-40.

1. For Internal Locus of Control (I):
• 33 and above: Such people have very high internal score, indicating that they have high self-confidence. However they may be unrealistic sometimes in assessing the difficulties and problems in achieving their goals.
• 29-32: It shows high trust in one’s ability and effort and is likely to lead to effective use of these.
• 22-28: It shows individual is somewhere in between, with moderate trust in himself and his abilities, at the same time not taking the blame of failure totally on one self, but attributing it to contingencies and luck.
• 18-21: It shows that the individual lacks self-trust and needs to take steps to examine his/her strengths by using feedback from others.
• 17 and less: Such people have very little confidence in their efforts and will not utilize their potential.


2. For External Locus of Control-Others (EO): This shows reliance on significant others (boss, peers, subordinates) in achieving goals.
• 30 and above: It shows rather dysfunctional dependence on significant others.
• 21-29: It shows a realistic dependence.
• 17-20: It shows an independence orientation.
• 16 and below: It shows an orientation of counter-dependence.


3. For External Locus of Control-chance (EC): This shows reliance on luck/chance in achieving goals.
• Lower the score the better. But however a score of 10 and below shows that individual may have problems coping with frustration when unforeseen factors come in the way of achieving goals.

• Also, calculate I divided by Total E (= EO+EC).
• Result of higher than 1 is desirable indicating internal locus of control.
• Score of lower than 1 indicate externality.
• Too high a score of I (I/E > 2) Indicates dysfunctional counter dependence.