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Constructed Motives

Leiden University, jansz{at}rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl

Cultural models of motivation provide a public conception of motives that may cause individuals to act towards preferred goals. A cultural model does not determine the individual's motivational `make-up' in a one-sided way. Social interaction is a prerequisite for the translation of culturally constructed motives into a personal motivational narrative. In this process of internalization, motives from the cultural model are generally reconstructed, which may also result in the construction of new motives.

Theory & Psychology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 471-484 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0959354396063007


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