Open AccessPrediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model
Author(s) -
René Van Wyk,
A. B. Boshoff,
Gideon Nieman,
Jurie Jansen Van Vuuren,
Marius Pretorius
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sa journal of industrial psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2071-0763
pISSN - 0258-5200
DOI - 10.4102/sajip.v35i1.758
Subject(s) - locus of control , predictability , structural equation modeling , psychology , need for achievement , econometrics , social psychology , explanatory power , mathematics , statistics , philosophy , epistemology
The predictability of Type A behaviour was measured in a sample of 375 professionals with
a shortened version of the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS). Two structural equation models were
constructed with the Type A behaviour achievement sub-scale and global (total) Type A as the
predictor variables. The indices showed a reasonable-to-promising fit with the data. Type A
achievement was reasonably predicted by service-career orientation, internal locus of control,
power self-concept and economic innovation. Type A global was also predicted by internal locus of
control, power self-concept and the entrepreneurial attitude of achievement and personal control