A Brief Note on Social Motives

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Reference no. 9-477-053

Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour

Authors: John J Gabarro (Harvard Business School); Wallace Wormley (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1976

Version: 1 November 1980

Length: 6 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Power and influence; Human resource management; Self-motivation

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Abstract

Briefly describes in management terms the three social motives: Need for achievement; need for power; need for affiliation. Also briefly reviews the implications of the work of David McClelland, David Winters, and others for motivation within organizational settings. The power motive is described in terms of both 'personalized power' and 'socialized power'.