Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach.
In present day, being achievement-oriented is deemed necessary to survive and prove one’s worth. Therefore as a society progresses, emphasis is placed on achievement-orientedness and an environment suitable to helping individuals attain success. However, being achievement-oriented possibly brings ab...
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| author | Siti Mariam Abdul Jalil. |
| author2 | Wan Ching |
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| description | In present day, being achievement-oriented is deemed necessary to survive and prove one’s worth. Therefore as a society progresses, emphasis is placed on achievement-orientedness and an environment suitable to helping individuals attain success. However, being achievement-oriented possibly brings about lesser interpersonal sensitivity and in turn, affect one’s helping behaviour towards others. The following study shows a disposition-situation interaction in predicting helping behaviour. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three competitive normative conditions (other-competitive, self-competitive or non-competitive) and a helping situation was introduced by the role of a confederate. Results reveal that highly achievement-oriented individuals, compared to less achievement-oriented individuals, had a lower likelihood of helping only in the other-competitive condition but not in the self-competitive nor non-competitive condition. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/401872019-12-10T13:36:55Z Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. Siti Mariam Abdul Jalil. Wan Ching School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation In present day, being achievement-oriented is deemed necessary to survive and prove one’s worth. Therefore as a society progresses, emphasis is placed on achievement-orientedness and an environment suitable to helping individuals attain success. However, being achievement-oriented possibly brings about lesser interpersonal sensitivity and in turn, affect one’s helping behaviour towards others. The following study shows a disposition-situation interaction in predicting helping behaviour. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three competitive normative conditions (other-competitive, self-competitive or non-competitive) and a helping situation was introduced by the role of a confederate. Results reveal that highly achievement-oriented individuals, compared to less achievement-oriented individuals, had a lower likelihood of helping only in the other-competitive condition but not in the self-competitive nor non-competitive condition. Bachelor of Arts 2010-06-11T04:42:13Z 2010-06-11T04:42:13Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40187 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation Siti Mariam Abdul Jalil. Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title | Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title_full | Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title_fullStr | Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title_short | Examining the relationship between achievement-orientedness and helping behaviour : a disposition-situation approach. |
| title_sort | examining the relationship between achievement orientedness and helping behaviour a disposition situation approach |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation |
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