Competitiveness Reconceptualized: Psychometric Development of the Competitiveness Orientation Measure as a Unified Measure of Trait Competitiveness.

Despite the utility of examining competitiveness across different contexts, current competitiveness scales lack the ability to unify trait competitiveness into one comprehensive measure. The goal of the present study was to construct one, psychometrically sound, multidimensional scale that would ser...

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Publicado en:Psychological Record Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 879 - 896
Autores principales: Newby, Jennifer, Klein, Rupert
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2014
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          Newby, Jennifer
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        affil: Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay Canada P7B 5E1
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        Psychometrics
        Competition (Psychology)
        Social dominance
        Discrimination (Sociology)
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        Achievement orientation
        Competitiveness
        Dominance
        Human competition
        Individual differences
        Personality
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