STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN RELATION TO COURSE, GENDER AND LOCALE

Achievement motivation plays an important role to achieve educational goals of the students. It is important to know the achievement motivation of students so that their competencies and chances of future success can be assessed. Present study was conducted to know the differences among postgraduate students with regard to achievement motivation in relation to some variables. 100 students from 2 courses (MBA and M.Com.) were selected as sample from Kurukshetra University of Haryana. Deo-Mohan Achievement Motivation Scale was used to collect the data. Findings indicated that Students studying in MBA have higher achievement motivation than students studying in M.Com. Male and female postgraduate students showed no difference in their achievement motivation. Similarly difference between achievement motivation of rural and urban postgraduate students was not significant.