Date of Award

Spring 1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Barry Gillen

Committee Member

Barbara A. Winstead

Committee Member

Frederick G. Freeman

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65 G527

Abstract

The focus of the current study was to find a relationship between Machiavellianism and achievement motivation. Gender, gender-role orientation, and college major were also introduced as variables. Two-hundred and forty university students majoring in either business or psychology completed various self-report measures. Results based on correlations and an analysis of variance produced the following results: Women of both majors had higher Machiavellian scores than males of both majors; business majors had a higher desire to work hard and were more competitive than psychology majors (especially males); scores on the Machiavellian scale positively correlated with competitiveness for females. For males, Machiavellianism correlated negatively with a desire to work hard. Masculine and androgynous gender-typed participants had higher achievement scores than feminine or undifferentiated participants; there were no differences in achievement based on gender. Interactions among the variables and implications for future research are discussed.

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DOI

10.25777/v091-s803

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