CONTENTS
List of figures and tables = ⅸ
Preface and acknowledgements = xv
1 The role motivation theories = 1
Distinguishing characteristics of organizational types = 1
Roles and motivations = 9
Hypothesized criterion relationships = 25
Portraits of the ideal = 29
Chapter summary and overview of the book = 31
2 Role motivation theory in the wider theoretical context = 33
The limited domain approach = 33
The value of parallel theorizing = 40
Role motivation theories and substitutes for leadership = 42
Validity of limited domain theories = 44
Chapter summary = 55
3 Operationalizing role motivation theory variables = 57
Historical development of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales = 57
The Oliver Organization Description Questionnaire(OODQ) = 69
Reliability of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales = 75
Examples of MSCS and OODQ scores = 86
Chapter summary = 89
4 Validation of the hierarchic role motivation theory = 91
Validity within the theory's domain = 91
Validity outside the theory's domain = 102
Related literatures = 108
Construct validation = 114
Chapter summary = 126
5 Validation of the professional role motivation theory = 129
Validation within the theory's domain = 129
Validity outside the domain and related literatures = 140
Construct validity = 141
Chapter summary = 143
6 Validation of the task role motivation theory = 145
Validation within the theory's domain = 147
Validity outside the domain and related literatures = 163
Construct validity = 165
Chapter summary = 171
7 Changing role motivation experimentally = 173
Managerial role motivation training = 173
Effects of the experimental intervention = 179
Effects outside the domain = 193
Related literatures = 198
Chapter summary = 206
8 Changes in managerial talent supplies over time = 207
Evidence of decline from the MSCS - Form H = 208
Related literatures = 218
The dynamics and etiology of decline = 230
Chapter summary = 236
9 International comparisons = 238
Thailand, Iran, Nigeria, India, and varied Pacific nations versus the United States = 239
Mexico versus the United States = 245
Research in the People's Republic of China = 250
Additional findings from beyond U.S. borders = 255
Chapter summary = 260
10 Age, race, and gender differences = 262
Age differences = 262
Race differences = 270
Gender differences = 275
Chapter summary = 287
11 Looking back and looking forward = 288
Criticism and controversy = 288
Toward a single integrated theory: filling in the gaps = 296
Putting role motivation theories to use = 302
Chapter summary and concluding thoughts = 311
References = 313
Name index = 338
Subject index = 345
