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A note on Steers & Braunstein's behaviourally based measure of manifest needs
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS ALLAN P. O.,
WOODWARD SALLY
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1980.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , psychology , autonomy , scale (ratio) , institution , social psychology , competence (human resources) , developmental psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , sociology , social science , political science , biochemistry , chemistry , law , gene , physics , quantum mechanics
For several reasons the Manifest Needs Questionnaire is an attractive instrument for assessing the needs for achievement, affiliation, autonomy and dominance. The instrument was used in a study of career aspirations among 346 young employees within a financial institution. With the qualified exception of the dominance scale the instrument showed unsatisfactory psychometric properties with this sample. It should be used only with caution, until more is known about its suitability for different groups of employees.