Need for Achievement and Occupational Preferences: Some Operations with Value-Orientations as Intervening Variables in Need-Goal Relationships

According to McClelland, the characteristics of n Achievement are primarily relevant to the intrinsic task aspects of occupational roles. This study examines the relationship between n Achievement and preference for intrinsically satisfying occupations in a population of 394 male college freshmen. T...

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Published in:Sociometry 1968-09, Vol.31 (3), p.304-312
Main Author: Lueptow, Lloyd B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Business contacts
Cultural groups
Cultural values
Entertainment
Humans
Male
Motivation
Motivation research
Occupations
Role
Social Values
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Summary:According to McClelland, the characteristics of n Achievement are primarily relevant to the intrinsic task aspects of occupational roles. This study examines the relationship between n Achievement and preference for intrinsically satisfying occupations in a population of 394 male college freshmen. The direct effect of n Achievement upon occupational values and preferences is negligible. However, both knowledge and value-orientations mediate the relationship between n Achievement and occupational preferences in a manner supporting the hypothesis that a need such as n Achievement operates to produce goal-directed behavior only when situations are known and defined as goals by relevant value-orientations.
ISSN:0038-0431
0190-2725
1939-8999
DOI:10.2307/2786615