Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI)
PURPOSE
The AMI is a ‘broadband' diagnostic inventory that covers all the dimensions considered to be a part of achievement motivation. It can be used with all levels of staff with particular reference to selection, development and professional counselling with regard to job decisions.
AUTHOR
Schuler, H & Thorn, G.C.
DESCRIPTION
The AMI assesses factors relevant to vocational and professional success. It is based on the premise that performance motivation results from the way broad components of personality are directed towards performance. As a result it includes a range of dimensions that are relevant to success at work but which are not conventionally regarded as being part of performance motivation.
The AMI is an instrument with strong scientific and practical impact. The high amount of detail gained from the inventory is based on a trait-oriented concept of achievement motivation, differentiating between seventeen dimensions or 'achievement orientations':
COMPENSATORY EFFORT: willingness to expend extra effort to avoid failure.
COMPETITIVENESS: drive to win and be better and faster than others.
CONFIDENCE IN SUCCESS: belief in capacity to achieve even difficult goals stemming from a belief in own knowledge, skills and abilities.
DOMINANCE: tendency to exercise power over others, to take initiative and to control over activities.
EAGERNESS TO LEARN: thirst for knowledge and striving to learn new things, even in the absence of external reward.
ENGAGEMENT: capacity to maintain a high level of activity, usually work related, for long periods with little rest.
FEARLESSNESS: degree of absence of a fear of failing at difficult tasks.
FLEXIBILITY: willingness to accept changes and enjoyment of challenging new tasks.
FLOW: capacity to maintain long periods of concentration without being distracted; likelihood of becoming lost to the outside world and absorbed in a task.
GOAL SETTING: tendency to set goals and make long term plans for achieving these.
INDEPENDENCE: preference for making own decisions andworking at own pace and tendency to take responsibility for one's own actions.
INTERNALITY: attribution of own success to own actions and efforts rather than to situational variables or luck.
PERSISTENCE: Tenacity and energy given to task completion.
PREFERENCE FOR DIFFICULT TASKS: tendency to seek out challenging rather than easy tasks and desire to seek greater challenges once earlier ones have been met.
PRIDE IN PRODUCTIVITY: enjoyment and satisfaction derived from achievement, from doing one's best and from improving on performance.
SELF-CONTROL: capacity to delay gratification and to organise oneself and one's work.
STATUS ORIENTATION: desire to gain high status in one's personal life and to progress professionally.
Each scale has ten items. The items are, for the most part couched in a work context. Dimension specific scores are derived as well as an overall score.
RELIABILITY
Internal Consistency reliability: Total Achievement Motivation displays high level of reliability (.96). 14 scales show adequate reliability (>.70).
Test-Retest Reliability: 14 scales exceed .80 and several approach .90
Standard Error of Measurement is approximately 4.00. 68% chance that the scores will be within a range of 4 points above to 4 points below the person's true score.
VALIDITY
Content validity is described in the Technical Manual.
Intercorrelations between the AMI scales show a median correlation of .35
Construct validity comparing the AMI with the NEO PI-R show correlations between several scales and Conscientiousness. Compensatory Effort (.52), Engagement (.56), Persistence (.55) and Self Control (.72). Neuroticism is negatively correlated to Confidence in Success (-.46), Fearlessness (-.56) Flexibility (-.43) and Persistence (-.50) Other correlations shown are Competitiveness and Agreeableness (-.40), Dominance and Extraversion (.46), Eagerness to Learn and Openness to Experience
NORMS
US Students (N=335)
US Working Population (N=410)
German Students (N=1267)
German Working Population (N=166)
DURATION
Untimed, approximately 30 - 35 minutes
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TEST MATERIALS |
£
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| Complete set in presentation case (Manual, 5 Question books, 20 Response sheets & 20 Score profile sheets |
238.00
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| Manual |
96.00
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| Question booklet x1 |
18.00
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| Question booklets x5 |
84.00
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| Response sheets (consumable) x20 |
68.00
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| Score profile sheets (consumable) x20 |
12.00
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AMI online/offline |
Cost per test |
| AMI Full Bureau Service provides administration, scoring, and report, excludes cost of test |
48.00
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| HTS System & Installation required at each location |
240.00
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| AMI Online 1 Test |
56.00
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| AMI Online 2-9 Tests |
48.00
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| AMI Online 10-19 Tests |
44.00
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| AMI Online 20-49 Tests |
40.00
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| AMI Online 50-99 Tests |
36.00
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| AMI Online 100+ Tests |
34.00
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| AMI Offline 2-9 Tests |
24.00
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| AMI Offline 10-19 Tests |
22.00
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| AMI Offline 20-49 Tests |
20.00
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| AMI Offline 50-99 Tests |
18.00
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| AMI Offline 100+ Tests |
17.00
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