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need for achievement, power, and affiliation  

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  • The need for achievement, power, and affiliation are three primary types of motives or motivational drives that influence a broad spectrum of behavior, from how one interacts on an interpersonal level to one's choice of and/or success in an occupation. These motives can be either implicit—that is, developed prior to the formation of language in the developing infant—or self-attributed, meaning they developed as a result of social and cultural influences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Need for Achievement, Power, and Affiliation]

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