Abstract
According to McClelland (1975), the power motive is defined as a “desire for strong action such as to attack, support, advise, or control others, and influence others' emotions, or the interest in winning fame”. In this study, a primary objective was to develop a scale to measure the power motive, and a secondary objective was to examine the positive aspect of power motive. In survey 1, a power motive measurement scale (with 22 items) was drawn up, and its reliability and validity was studied using 300 university students (142 female, 158 male). In survey 2, two hypotheses (1. Even though a person with high power motive shows a different achievement motive will depend on the aspect of power motive he carries ; 2. Even though a person with high power motive does not show a high self-fulfilment achievement motive, without social support he will have a low power motive), were supported by 364 university students (184 female, 180 male).
