Motivation to Achievement and its relation to both Self Assertiveness and some Demographic Variables of an Office Employees Sample in the UAE

Dr. Ibrahim Shawky Abdel-hameid

Assistant Professor of psychology

Cairo and United Arab Emirates Universities

Abstract

A sample containing 240 office employees (178 males, 62 females) in two public institutions in the UAE were interviewed to clarify  the relationships among achievement  motivation, Self Assertiveness and some Demographic Variables. The participants completed two questionnaires of achievement  motivation, and self Assertiveness.

Males scored significantly higher on achievement  motivation than females. But these gender differences disappear in the married and highly educated women. Males were found to have a higher degree of assertiveness, more achievement motivation with the older age and increased assertiveness. But the motivation of females haven’t differed according to age and self assertiveness.

Also, the results revealed that there is a positive relationship between achievement  motivation and education level.

    Other findings related to the differences in achievement  motivation among groups, vary according to education level, marital status, monthly income, and nationality were clarified. The relationship of these findings to the related literature is discussed. To increase achievement  motivation, the findings suggest the need for encouraging employees, especially the low educated women to upgrade their education level and self assertion.