Chand Perry lecturer at the Queensland institute of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Rooss macarthur is an insurance broker in Sydeny Australia;Geoffery Meredith is profesor, univeristy of New England Armidnale, New sourth wales, Bert cunningotn lecture sat Grifth university, Brisbane, Austrlaia. The paper describes research into need for achievement and tlocil of control among highely successful "super-enterprise", or other small business owner-manger and the general population. Ranking for need for achievement, internal locus of contorl and chlance of contorl are expected, but result for poeeful other locus of control are unexpected. the relationship between need for achievement and locus of control is discussed.
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