Studying for the sake of others: the role of social goals on academic engagement

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Culture's Consequences on Student Motivation: Capturing Cross-Cultural Universality and Variability Through Personal Investment Theory (2014, result): “Similar results were found by King, McInerney, and Watkins (2012b) in a study with Filipino students.”
Grit and Determination: A Review of Literature With Implications for Theory and Research (2016, background): “While perseverance of effort may apply equally in both settings, the Western interpretation of pursuing personal goals across time (consistency of interests) may not mesh with collectivist goals that are more socially oriented (King & McInerney, 2012; King, McInerney, & Watkins, 2012).”
Psychological capital bolsters motivation, engagement, and achievement: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies (2018, background): “, 2015; King, 2016; King & Ganotice, 2014, 2015) and that various examples of controlled motivation are positively associated with adaptive outcomes (Cheng & Lam, 2013; King et al., 2012; Tao & Hong, 2014).”
Perseverance Counts but Consistency Does Not! Validating the Short Grit Scale in a Collectivist Setting (2016, background): “Studies have also shown Filipino students to be especially likely to endorse goals that are set for them by significant others (King et al. 2012).”