Glendon Has a Degree in Business and Worked for Two

question 105

Multiple Choice

Glendon has a degree in business and worked for two years at an international firm in Spain. When the firm suffered cutbacks and Glendon returned home, he took a job at a non-profit agency mentoring at-risk Spanish-speaking children. Glendon earns a third of what he earned in the business world, but has decided that his new goal is to acquire a larger case load and continue to use his Spanish to help people. Which theory explains why Glendon is happy with a much smaller external reward for his work?

• A) self-imposition of goals
• B) nAch
• C) self-determination
• D) extrinsic motivation
• E) self-concordance

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