The relationship of persistence at a task to expectation of success and achievement related motives.

Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.

John W. Atkinson · Psychological Review · 1957 · 3.6K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure.

John W. Atkinson, George H. Litwin · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1960 · 483 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +8

Subjective probability and decision under uncertainty.

N. T. Feather · Psychological Review · 1959 · 226 citations

Business, Decision Sciences, Psychology +12

A general method of analysis of frequency data for multiple classification designs.

J. P. Sutcliffe · Psychological Bulletin · 1957 · 177 citations

Business, Biostatistics, Categorical Data Analysis +11

Performance as a function of motive strength and expectancy of goal-attainment.

John W. Atkinson, Walter Reitman · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1956 · 153 citations

Management, Educational Psychology, Psychology +12