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Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creative empirical studies of human motives span forty years. David McClelland describes methods for measuring motives, the development of motives out of natural incentives and the relationship of motives to emotions, to values and to performance under a variety of conditions. He examines four major motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance - reviewing and evaluating research on how these motive systems affect behaviour. Scientific understanding of motives and their interaction, he argues, contributes to understanding of such diverse and important phenomena as the rise and fall of civilisations, the underlying causes of war, the rate of economic development, the nature of leadership, the reasons for authoritarian or democratic governing styles, the determinants of success in management and the factors responsible for health and illness. Students and instructors alike will find this book an exciting and readable presentation of the psychology of human motivation.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521369510
eBay Product ID (ePID)87104734
Product Key Features
Number of Pages676 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHuman Motivation
Publication Year1988
SubjectBiology
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid C. Mcclelland
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height232 mm
Item Weight1145 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid C. Mcclelland