The activities that people start and continue with and the amount of effort they put into those activities at any particular time are determined by their motivation. Motivation to perform an achievement oriented task is related to the need to achieve on a particular task, expectation of success on the task and the strength of incentive after the task has been successfully completed. It is the tendency to strive to excel when one knows that performance will be evaluated in relation to standard, which might be the ideal or performance of other’s or his own past. Achievement Motivation is influenced by a number of Personal, social and economic factors, as indicated by the review of researches
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