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A multifactorial approach to achievement motivation: The development of a comprehensive measure
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Achievement motivation (nAch) has been suggested by a number of researchers to be based on a number of underlying factors. Yet no one scale has been developed that incorporates all the factors suggested. This research set out to develop such a scale for research usage. Over three studies, a 49‐item scale was produced which measures seven factors. These are Work Ethic (WE), Acquisitiveness (for money) (Acq), Dominance (Dom), Excellence (the pursuit of) (Exc), Competitiveness (Com), Status Aspiration (SA) and Mastery (Mast). Some data on the internal reliability and validity of the scales are included, and some implications of a multifactorial approach to nAch are briefly discussed.
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- Authors
- Cassidy, T., & Lynn, R.
- Venue
- Journal of Occupational Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1989-12
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 301-312
- ISSN
- 0305-8107 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1921791933
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 26
- FWCI
- 1.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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