The Effect of Gender on Achievement Motivation

Motivation is the driving force behind a person’s actions. There are many different types of motivation, and everyone is inspired by something different. Achievement Motivation is defined as behaviors dedicated to developing and demonstrating higher abilities. Achievement motivation influences performance and participation with a standard of excellence, it has key role in career success also. The present study aims to see the effect of gender on achievement motivation among engineering entrance exam aspirants.  For this purpose, 60 students (30 girls and 30 boys) from different coaching centers of Udaipur city, Rajasthan were included in sample selected by purposive sampling method. The age group was 15 to 19 years. Achievement motivation test by V.P. Bhargawa (2009) was used to measure level of achievement motivation. Result show that there was significant difference between boy and girl aspirants on achievement motivation level among engineering entrance exam aspirants. Girl aspirants appearing in engineering entrance exams were found to be having higher level of achievement motivation in comparison to the boy aspirants appearing in engineering entrance exams.