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Managerial motivation among MBA students: A longitudinal assessment
Author(s) -
BARTOL KATHRYN M.,
MARTIN DAVID C.
Publication year - 1987
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.2044-8325.1987.tb00236.x
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , salary , psychology , scale (ratio) , medical education , longitudinal study , sentence completion tests , significant difference , business management , mathematics education , social psychology , business administration , political science , medicine , business , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , law , pathology , physics
A longitudinal study of the effects of business school training on the motivation to manage of Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students was conducted using the forced‐choice version of the Miner Sentence Completion Scale (MSCS). Male MBA students had significantly higher levels of motivation to manage than female MBA students, with part‐time females registering the lowest managerial motivation levels among the MBA students. Managerial motivation scores were significant predictors of salary after graduation, but failed to predict programme completion and MBA grade point averages. Based on measurements taken at the beginning of the degree programme and after graduation, results indicated no significant difference in managerial motivation levels associated with business school MBA training. Implications of these findings are discussed.