Students' Machiavellianism and motives for communicating with instructors.
This study investigated the relationship between scores of college students (N=210, 114 women, 95 men, 1 unidentified; Mage=19.3 yr., SD=2.8) on Machiavellianism and their motives for communicating with their instructors in the classroom. Students' Machiavellianism scores were positively but weakly related to three motives of Functional (r=.22, p<.01), Excuse-making (r=.16, p<.05), and Sycophancy (r=.17, p<.05).
Martin
Matthew M
MM
Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6293, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. mmartin@wvu.edu
Myers
Scott A
SA
Mottet
Timothy P
TP
D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008257:Machiavellianism; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013663:Teaching