Authors

Dr. Ahmad Faisal SiddiquiAssociate Professor, School of Business and Economics, UMT

Ahmad Hassib HassanLecturer, School of Business and Economics, UMT &

Munazza AsadLecturer, School of Business and Economics, UMT

Need for Achievement level in MBA students and its impact on

their CGPA

Introduction

“A person with high need for achievement seeks to excel in life”.“David Clarence McClelland, 1988”

Introduction

Need for achievement level in MBA students is checked by the help of

different variables and compared with student’s CGPA.

Literature Review People having different level of need for achievement behave differently in success

and failure.(Bar-Tal 1978) & (DuCette and Wolk 1971)

People with high need for achievement are more hardworking because they have

confidence in their own abilities.(Chen, Gully et al. 2004) & (Dörnyei 1994)

Literature Review

High need for achievement level is a prerequisite to set challenging goals and to put in efforts to achieve those

goals. (Chen, Gully et al. 2004), (DuCette and Wolk 1971),

(Hall, Spruill et al. 2002) & (Lueptow 1968)

People with high need for achievement level are more successful in entrepreneurial situations.

(Bowen and Hisrich 1986) & (De Mesquita 1974)

Literature Review

Individuals with high need for achievement level have

• Faster learning ability.• Perform well in their studies• Involve more actively in social activities• Likeness for risky occupations • Perform stable under odd situations• Motivation by internal factor.

(Cortes 1961) & (Cover and Johnson 1975)

Objective

Objective of this study was to find out the need for achievement level in

MBA students and also its impact on their CGPA.

Hypothesis• H1: level of self attributed need for

achievement has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H2: level of implicit need for achievement has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H3: level of self attributed fear of failure has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H4: level of implicit fear of failure has an impact on student’s CGPA.

Hypothesis

• H5: level of self determination has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H6: level of performance approach goals has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H7: level of performance avoidance goals has an impact on student’s CGPA.

• H8: level of mastery goals has an impact on student’s CGPA.

Variables

According to Thrash et al (2002) Significant positive correlation were found between

implicit and self-attributed need for achievement and negative correlation between implicit fear of failure and self-attributed fear

of failure. Individuals higher in self determination were more concordant in

implicit and self attributed need for achievement.

Todd M. Thrash, Andrew J. Elliot, 2002

VariablesWe got these variables from the article of Todd M. Thrash and Andrew J. Elliot of

University of Rochester to check need for achievement level. 

• Self attributed need for achievement• Self attributed fear of failure• Implicit need for achievement• Implicit fear of failure• Self determination• Mastery goals• Performance approach goals• Performance avoidance goals• Student CGPA*

Research Methods

• Survey

Analysis

Reliability was tested using Cronbach’s Alpha (0.713)

Dependent

Independent R²Significa

nce Inferen

ce Hypothe

sisCGPA          

 Self-attributed need for

achievement 0.29

30.028 Significan

t H1

 Implicit need for

achievement0.19

40.011 Significan

t H2

 Self-attributed fear of

failure0.07

70.003 Significan

t H3

  Implicit fear of failure0.15

90.100 Insignifica

nt H4

  Self Determination0.09

90.207 Insignifica

nt H5

 Performance Approach

Goals0.06

50.012 Significan

t H6

 Performance Avoidance

Goals0.02

70.443 Insignifica

nt H7

  Mastery Goals0.08

60.014 Significan

t H8

  Over All model0.67

60.011 Significan

t  

Analysis