Measuring achievement motivation: Tests of equivalency for English, German, and Israeli versions of the achievement motivation inventory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 203-217

  Byrne, Zinta S ^a   Mueller Hanson, Rose A ^b   Cardador, Joe M ^a   Thornton III, George C ^a   Schuler, Heinz ^c   Frintrup, Andreas ^c   Fox, Shaul ^d  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Personnel Decisions Research Institutes   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Cross culture; Equivalency; Germany; Inventory; Israel; Measurement; Multi group analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942535859     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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