| Publication | |
| Author(s) | VandeVliert, E.; Janssen, O. |
| Title | ''Better Than'' Performances Motives as Roots of Satisfaction across More and Less Developed Countries. |
| Source | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002, Vol. 33, 380 - 397 |
| DOI | doi:10.1177/00222102033004002 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Students, 42 countries, 2002 |
| argentina, australia, bangladesh, belgium, brazil, bulgaria, canada, chile, china, colombia, egypt, france, germany, greece, hong kong, iceland, india, iraq, ireland, israel, japan, jordan, korea (south), mexico, new zealand, norway, poland, portugal, romania, singapore, south africa, spain, sweden, switzerland, syria, taiwan, turkey, united arab emirates, united kingdom, usa, venezuela, yugoslavia. | |
| 1986-1989 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Performance motives in nations taken from Lynn, 1991; Happiness in nations taken from Diener 1995 (partly based on Michalos international student survey in 1991). | |
| Sample | Non-probability chunk sample |
| Non-probability accidental sample of nations + non-probability chunk sample within nations. | |
| Respondents N = | 14000 |
| The number of respondents ranged from 126 in Norway to 898 in South Africa, on average 340 per country; 50% male and 50% female. | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Questionnaire completed in class | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single questions: This measure of average happiness in nations combines responses to different questions on happiness and life-satisfaction rated on different scales. Precise items and rating scales differ per nation. Average scores per nation were transformed afterwards to a common 0-10 scale. Name: Diener's SWB-score of nations |
| Classification | O-Sum---sq-vt-11-a |
| Author's label | Subjective well-being |
| Page in publication | 387 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Company satisfaction | show | Satisfaction with company |
| Job satisfaction | show | Satisfaction with work itself |
| life satisfaction | show | Satisfaction with multiple domains of life |
| Other-referenced performance motives (extrinsic motives) | show | Extrinsic motivation |
| Other-referenced performance motives (extrinsic motives) | show | Intrinsec/extrinsic motivation in nation, also classified as above ↑ |
| Self-referenced performance motives (intrinsic motives) | show | Intrinsec/extrinsic motivation in nation |
| Self-referenced performance motives (intrinsic motives) | show | Intrinsic motivation, also classified as above ↑ |