Recent work has questioned the psychometric properties of the Manifest Needs Questionnaire. The present analysis suggests that this instrument's subscales exhibit unacceptably low levels of internal consistency. Moreover, the factor structure of this instrument does not coincide with that suggested by the existing version of the questionnaire. The rather harsh admonition that “the MNQ does not seem well suited for organizational studies” may have been responsibly placed.
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