Individual Differences in Trait Motivation: Development of the Motivational Trait Questionnaire.

By Eric D. Heggestad, R. Kanfer. 2000

133 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Chris Ernst
2. Zhen Zhang
3. H. Brandstätter
4. Phillip L. Ackerman
5. Connie R. Wanberg
6. Jing Zhu
7. Francesca Gino
8. Margaret E. Beier

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Phillip L. Ackerman
2. R. Kanfer
3. Margaret E. Beier
4. Francesca Gino
5. Chris Ernst
6. H. Brandstätter
7. Connie R. Wanberg
8. Zhen Zhang

In Social Psychology

1. Connie R. Wanberg
2. Francesca Gino
3. Gary P. Latham
4. Zhen Zhang
5. Chris Ernst
6. Phillip L. Ackerman
7. Margaret E. Beier
8. H. Brandstätter

Citations in the corpus

• Keys to motivating tomorrow's workforce (2006, background): “Kanfer and Heggestad (1997) and Heggestad and Kanfer (2000) proposed a self-regulatory/self monitoring theory of personality.”
• Determinants of Individual Differences and Gender Differences in Knowledge. (2001, background): “The short form of the Motivational Trait Questionnaire (Kanfer & Ackerman, 2000; see also Heggestad & Kanfer, 1999; Kanfer & Heggestad, 1997) is a Likert-type 48-item questionnaire that contains six scales.”
• Intelligence, Personality, and Interests in the Career Choice Process (2003, background): “One might also feel compelled to consider the 3 motivational trait families identified by Heggestad and Kanfer (2000), along with the 6 Holland interest themes.”
• After the pink slip: Applying dynamic motivation frameworks to the job search experience. (2012, methodology): “were measured using the personal mastery (16 items) and motivation related to anxiety (19 items) subscales from the Motivational Trait Questionnaire (MTQ; Heggestad & Kanfer , 2000; Kanfer & Ackerman, 2000).”
• The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation (2017, background): “Finally, Kanfer and colleagues (Heggestad & Kanfer, 2000; Kanfer, Ackerman, & Heggestad, 1996; Kanfer & Heggestad, 1997) identified motivational traits that can manifest as a need for achievement and show that the nature of this achievement need can influence employees’ behavioral tendencies.”
• Personality aspects of entrepreneurship: A look at five meta-analyses. (2011, background): “Another example of the relationship between Big Five and measures of achievement motivation is given by Heggestad and Kanfer (2000).”