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Studia Psychologica Vol.51, No.1, p.69-84, 2009

Title: A FLAT WORLD? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES
Author: Martin LANIK, George C. THORNTON III, Simona HOSKOVCOVA
Abstract: The current study compared 349 Czech and 745 US nationals on the basis of a complex model of achievement motivation to test Friedman’s (2005) flat world hypothesis. Based on comparisons of the observed score means, compared with US nationals, Czech nationals scored higher on compensatory effort, competitiveness, eagerness to learn, flexibility, self-control, and status orientation, but lower on engagement, internality, and preference for difficult task. Of the seven scales that showed measurement equivalence, the only difference in latent means revealed that US nationals were higher on internality. These findings are discussed in light of Friedman’s (2005) flat-world hypothesis and the proposed post-communist syndrome in the Czech Republic (Klicperova-Baker et al., 1999). This study highlights the need for different types of analysis in cross-cultural research.
Keywords: achievement motivation, Czech nationals, post-communist syndrome
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 1 Page From: 69, Page To: 84
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