+Goal Endorsement (Communal/Agentic)
Diekman, Brown, Johnston, & Clark (2010)
Topic: Motivation - Academic Motivation
Response Options:
(1) Not at all important; to (7) Extremely important
Items: “How important is each of the following kinds of goals to you personally,”
The Communal Goal Scale
- Serving community
- Working with people
- Altruism
- Helping others
- Connecting with others
- Serving humanity
- Attending to others
- Caring for others
- Spirituality
- Intimacy
The Agentic Goal Scale
- Power
- Recognition
- Achievement
- Status
- Focus on the self
- Success
- Financial reward
- Self-direction
- Mastery
- Self-promotion
- Independence
- Individualism
- Demonstrating skill
- Competition
Citation:
Diekman, A. B., Brown, E. R., Johnston, A. M., & Clark, E. K. (2010). Seeking congruity between goals and roles: A new look at why women opt out of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Psychological science, 21(8), 1051-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610377342 Links to an external site.