+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.

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