TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations of culture and personality with McClelland's motives
T2 - A cross-cultural study of managers in 24 countries
AU - van Emmerik, Hetty
AU - Gardner, William L.
AU - Wendt, Hein
AU - Fischer, Dawn
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Big Five personality factors
KW - McClelland's motives
KW - Societal culture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952469521&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1059601110370782
DO - 10.1177/1059601110370782
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77952469521
SN - 1059-6011
VL - 35
SP - 329
EP - 367
JO - Group and Organization Management
JF - Group and Organization Management
IS - 3
ER -