N achievement and entrepreneurship: A longitudinal study

Abstract

An analysis of the occupational position of 55 Wesleyan graduates some 14 yr. after graduation indicated that significantly more of those originally scoring high in need Achievement (n Ach) than of those low in n Ach were found in entrepreneurial occupations. A cross-validation study of students of the classes of 1954 and 1955 confirmed the finding that males with high n Ach gravitated toward business occupations of an entrepreneurial nature. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1965 American Psychological Association.