Personal Effectiveness and Locus of Control among Military Personal

Personal effectiveness in life is possibly a key issue for all individuals and every individual seeks for effectiveness at every stage of life i.e. as a student at school/college, as a professional at workplace and as child, parent, or grandparent at home. However, personal effectiveness is an intact aspect in the life of military personnel as it does not affect him at personal level rather a whole nation is being affected by it. The higher level of internal locus of control could have significantly impact on increased personal effectiveness. Outcomes of personal effectiveness in a military person's life are best reflects at the time of maturity of his service. Thus, aim of the present paper is to explore the role of locus of control and personal effectiveness among military personnel approaching job maturity. To explore this relationship, standardized psychological tools pertaining to personal effectiveness and locus of control were administered on a group of 100 military jawans belong to different units/regiments and were near to maturity of their service. It is expected that defense personnel with significantly higher personal effectiveness have internal locus of control. Whereas, on the other hand individuals with lower personal effectiveness accepts that external issues control or determine success. Inter-correlations were computed and step wise multiple regression was applied, and the results are interpreted in the light of the Indian military context.