title: Students' Machiavellianism and motives for communicating with instructors.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6293, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. mmartin@wvu.edu
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Mottet
mesh_terms: 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