caa a22 4500 445326913 CHVBK 20180317142723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11162-010-9199-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11162-010-9199-7 On Subject Variations in Achievement Motivations: A Study in Business Subjects [Elektronische Daten] [Dirk Tempelaar, Sybrand Schim van der Loeff, Wim Gijselaers, Jan Nijhuis] Student achievement motivations are crucial in learning in two ways: as a determinant and an aim of learning. In this study, we focus on two related questions with regard to achievement motivations: to what extent are they subject-specific, and to what extent are they malleable? Answers to both questions are especially important when aiming to influence motivations. Malleability of motivation is studied by designing structural equation models that explain achievement motivation out of the most stable student characteristics one can think of: gender, and personality traits. Subject matter variability is studied by estimating these models for five main subject areas in a business program. The motivation construct we use is based on the expectancy-value model and distinguishes four different facets: cognitive competence, difficulty, task-value and affect. We find evidence for strong subject-specificity and considerable non-malleability of achievement motivation; part of that last aspect is a remarkably constant over-confidence gender gap present in the data of the calibration of competency beliefs and performance in all subject areas. The Author(s), 2010 Achievement motivations nationallicence Expectancy-value model nationallicence Personality factors nationallicence Gender effects nationallicence Subject domains nationallicence Structural equation models nationallicence Calibration nationallicence Tempelaar Dirk Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Schim van der Loeff Sybrand Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Gijselaers Wim Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Nijhuis Jan Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/4(2011-06-01), 395-419 0361-0365 52:4<395 2011 52 11162 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9199-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9199-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tempelaar Dirk Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schim van der Loeff Sybrand Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gijselaers Wim Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nijhuis Jan Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/4(2011-06-01), 395-419 0361-0365 52:4<395 2011 52 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer