Miner, J. B. (1976). Levels of motivation to manage among personnel and industrial relations managers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 61(4), 419-427.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.61.4.419
Using J. B. Miner's (1964) Sentence Completion Scale to measure motivation to manage, comparisons were made among 4 different samples of personnel and industrial relations managers ( n = 50, 51, 20, and 21) and 6 samples of business managers from other functional areas ( n = 117, 50, 30, 30, 30, and 37). Comparisons indicate that the personnel and industrial relations managers were relatively lacking in motivation to manage. Among the various aspects of this construct, they appeared to be particlarly low on positive attitudes to authority, certain types of competitiveness, assertiveness, and a sense of responsibility for routine administrative duties. The lack of assertiveness was so pervasive as to suggest a defining characteristic of the field. Possible historical sources of these results are discussed. (22 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)