Factors Influencing Role-Innovative Career Striving in Black and White College Women: The Effect of Expectancies, Causal Attribution, Sex Role Self Concept and Achievement Related Motives

摘要

Motivational and cognitive factors related to the career aspirations of black and white college women were examined. The results indicate greater internality for success and externality for failure for the innovators as compared with the traditionals. The groups were also differentiated on the measures of achievement motivation and sex role self concept.