When was the last time you took a test that didn’t go quite as well as expected? Do you remember how you felt? While you might have tried to ease the disappointment with copious amounts of chocolate ...

When something goes wrong, it’s natural to cast blame on the perceived cause of the misfortune. Where an individual casts that blame can be related, in many cases, to a psychological construct known ...

When you are dealing with a challenge in your life, do you feel that you have control over the outcome, or do you believe that you are at the mercy of outside forces? Your answer to this question ...

American psychologist Julian Rotter developed the concept of "locus of control" in the 1950s, describing it as "the degree to which a person perceives an outcome as being contingent on their own ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about navigating the unspoken rules in today’s workplace. We're all navigating an environment that reminds us daily that ...