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The Relationship Between Trait Competitiveness and Competitive Attitudes: The Moderating Effect of Core
R Gabrielle Swab1, John M Galvan2, Chelsea Sherlock3
1Department of Management, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
Abstract:
This article explores the multifaceted nature of the individual motivations behind engaging in competition. In doing so, we investigate the theoretical and empirical links between general trait competitiveness and the three competitive attitudes: personal development, hypercompetition, and competition avoidant, as moderated by core self-evaluation. Findings indicate that it is not merely the level of general trait competitiveness that influences an individuals attitude towards competing, but heightened levels of core self-evaluation decrease the neurotic and unhealthy competitive attitudes of hypercompetitive and competition avoidant individuals. We discuss the implications for these relationships.
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