| Abstract: | THE TAT WAS USED TO MEASURE N ACHIEVEMENT, N AFFILIATION, N POWER, N AUTONOMY, N AGGRESSION, AND N DEFERENCE IN 2 GROUPS OF SS. THE 1ST GROUP CONSISTED OF MORE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, THE 2ND OF LESS SUCCESSFUL ONES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED, LARGELY FROM THE WORK OF HENRY AND MCCLELLAND, THAT THE SUCCESSFUL GROUP WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SCORES THAN THE LESS SUCCESSFUL GROUP IN N ACHIEVEMENT, N POWER, AND N AUTONOMY; WHEREAS THE LESS SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVES WOULD HAVE HIGHER SCORES IN N AFFILIATION, N AGGRESSION, AND N DEFERENCE. THE SUCCESSFUL GROUP HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SCORES IN N ACHIEVEMENT AND N POWER THAN THE UNSUCCESSFUL ONES. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
