The Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire was administered to 294 Hawaiian college students to measure need achievement. Norms were set up for both sexes on all three subscales. Men scored higher on the Competitiveness Scale whereas women had higher Work dimension scores. No differences were found on the Mastery Scale.
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