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Peer reviewedPiedmont, Ralph L. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Reviews Horner's (1968) theory regarding the motivational dynamics underlying the performance of males and females, and contrasts it with later developments. Presents a model of fear of success and achievement motivation that accommodates previous research. Data are presented to support this model. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Fear of Success, Measurement Techniques, Models
Wigfield, Allan; Tonks, Stephen – 2002
This chapter discusses the development of achievement motivation during adolescence from the perspective of expectancy-value theory, and explains how adolescents' expectancies for success and achievement values change during adolescence, particularly during educational transitions such as that from elementary to middle school and from middle to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Activities, Adolescent Attitudes
Download full textHoward, Ann – 1976
The primary purpose of the present research was to explore the relationship of ability and intrinsic motivation in the prediction of job performance. Intrinsic motivation was traced to two primary determinants. One, an organizational factor, is the extent to which an employee's job is "enriched," or incorporates challenging elements such as…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Need, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Workers
