Myron Gable

Biographic Data

ID7115433
NAMEMyron Gable
GIVEN NAMESMyron
FAMILY NAMEGable
SIGNATUREGABLE M
AFFILIATIONSShippensburg University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
H-INDEX0

  • Relating Locus of Control to Machiavellianism and Managerial Achievement

    Open AccessMyron Gable, Charles J Hollon et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

    Rotter's Locus of Control Scale, Christie and Geis' Mach IV Scale, and Fineman's Work Preference Questionnaire were administered to a sample of 60 retail specialty store managers. While there were no significant correlations between locus of control and managerial achievement, there were significant correlations between locus of control and Machiavellianism for the over-all sample and for men but not for women. In addition, men possessed higher m…

  • Relating Locus of Control to Machiavellianism and Managerial Achievement

    Myron GableARTICLEPsychological Reports1990

  • Machiavellianism and Job Satisfaction of Retailing Executives in a Specialty Store Chain

    Open AccessMyron Gable, Martin T TopolARTICLEPsychological Reports1989

    The Mach TV scale and the Job Descriptive Index were administered to 60 managers of specialty stores. Female store managers scored significantly higher on the Mac IV scale, and no significant differences were observed between men and women on the five subscales of the Job Descriptive Index. A significant relation for women was observed between Machiavellianism and satisfaction with opportunities for promotion. This was the only significant findin…

  • Job Satisfaction and Machiavellian Orientation among Discount Store Executives

    Open AccessMartin T Topol, Myron GableARTICLEPsychological Reports1988

    The Mach IV scale and the Index of Job Satisfaction were administered to 212 discount store executives. Female executives scored significantly higher on the Mach IV scale than male executives but not on job satisfaction. A significant negative correlation was observed between Machiavellianism and job satisfaction for the entire sample. Executives with lower Machiavellian scores tend to have higher job satisfaction

  • Relationships between Work Commitments and Experience of Personal Well-Being

    Open AccessYoash Wiener, Jan P Muczyk et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1987

    It was hypothesized that work commitment is positively related to personal well-being along most of the commitment range. At the top end of the range, however, where “overcommitment” is indicated, a deterioration of well-being was expected. The sample consisted of 257 young, primarily men, retail managers. Analysis indicated a linear relationship between commitment and well-being across the whole range. The findings support the traditional positi…

  • Job Satisfaction and Machiavellian Orientation among Department Store Executives

    Open AccessMyron Gable, Martin T TopolARTICLEPsychological Reports1987

    The Mach IV scale and the Index of Job Satisfaction were administered to 218 department store executives. Female executives scored significantly high on the Mach IV scale and significantly lower on the Index of Job Satisfaction than male executives. A significant negative correlation was observed between Machiavellianism and Job Satisfaction for the entire sample, for men and for women

  • Internal-Control Orientation and Interpersonal Interaction

    Open AccessCharles J Hollon, C Hollon et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1976

    The relationship between internal-control orientation and interpersonal processes has been observed to warrant additional study (Joe, 1971 ) . Whether internal-control orientation is differentially related to behavior an individual expresses toward others and behavior he wants others to express toward him in interpersonal interactions has received only scant research attention. The purpose of the present study was to determine the extent to which…