Associations of Culture and Personality With McClelland's Motives: A Cross-Cultural Study of Managers in 24 Countries

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Output type: Journal article

Author list: van Emmerik H, Gardner WL, Wendt H, Fischer D

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Publication year: 2010

Journal: Group and Organization Management (1059-6011)

Volume number: 35

Issue number: 3

Start page: 329

End page: 367

Number of pages: 39

ISSN: 1059-6011

eISSN: 1552-3993

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

Using a cross-cultural sample of 17,538 managers from 24 countries, this study explores the interrelationships between McClelland's motives and specific aggregate-level cultural dimensions and personality factors. The results reveal significant relationships between the Achievement, Affiliation, and Power Motives, and the cultural dimensions of Performance Orientation, Humane Orientation, and Power Distance, respectively. Support for posited relationships between the managers' motives and aggregate-level personality, as measured by the Big Five factors, was also obtained. Finally, the results demonstrate that the relationships between McClelland's motives and managers' aggregate-level Big Five factors are moderated by the cultural dimensions of Performance Orientation, Humane Orientation, and Power Distance.

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Big Five personality factors, McClelland's motives, societal culture

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