Psychological Maturity and Motivational Profiles of Management Students

01/06/1976

Psychological Maturity and Motivational Profiles of Management Students

T. V. Rao and Vijayashree P

Working Papers

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This report presents the psychosocial maturity patterns of management students at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Comparative data from different executive groups are also presented. Psychosocial maturity in this study was assessed on the basis of TAT stories written by the subjects using the scoring system developed by Abigail Stewart of Boston University and adopted for Indian situation by Rao. Motivational profiles of the management students were also prepared using Stern's activities index. Interrelationships between psychosocial maturity and other variables were also presented. The other groups studied include the senior managers of different companies, medical officers, medical mission sisters, potential entrepreneurs, and sales managers of an airline.

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