A 2-yr. follow-up srudy of entrepreneurial behavior was made of 29 black businessmen. As predicted, high achievement needs were associated with performance. When the effects of power needs in combination with achievement motives were studied, high performing Ss were those with high achievement and lowered power needs; this relationship also held for social power and personal power motives.
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