The Achieving Society
@article{Davis1961TheAS, title={The Achieving Society}, author={Robert C. Davis and David C. Mcclelland}, journal={Technology and Culture}, year={1961}, volume={3}, pages={351} }
Examines the motivation for achievement as a psychological factor that shapes economic development. Refuting arguments based on race, climate, or population growth, the book instead argues for cultural customs and motivations - especially the motivation for achievement - as the major catalysts of economic growth. Considering the Protestant Reformation, the rise of capitalism, parents' influences on sons, and folklore and children's stories as shaping cultural motivations for achievement, the…
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