Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model

Abstract

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.

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Van Wyk, R., Boshoff, A.B., Nieman, G., Van Vuuren, J., & Pretorius, M. (2009). Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 35(1), Art. #758, 9 pages. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v35i1.758