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Figure 8.1
Dimensions (D) and elements (E) of the concept (C) achievement motivation.

C
Achievement
motivation

D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5
Impatience with Seeks moderate
Driven by work Unable to relax Seeks feedback
ineffectiveness challenge

E E E E E
Constantly Opts to take
working Persevering Swears under one's Opts to do moderate,
despite breath when even a challenging rather than
setbacks small mistakes rather than a overwhelming
occur routine job
challenges

E E
Very reluctant Does not
to take time like to
off for anything work with E E
slow or
inefficient Asks for Is impatient
people
feedback for immediate
E E on how the feedback
job has
Thinks of Does not have been done
work even any hobbies
at home

there may be others who are not highly achievement motivated. The latter may not
at all mind ineffectiveness in either themselves or others, and may be quite willing
to work with almost anybody. Thus impatience with ineffectiveness can also be
measured by observing behavior.

Elements of Dimension 4
A measure of how excited people are at seeking challenging jobs can be had by
asking employees what kinds of jobs they prefer. A number of different job descrip-
tions can be presented—some jobs entailing stereotyped work of a routine nature,
and others calling for gradations of challenges built into them. Employee prefer-
ences for different types of jobs could then be placed on a continuum ranging from