---
_id: '7193'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "                  Abstract - \r\n  The second edition of Implicit Motives
    provides a thoroughly updated and extended overview of current theory and research
    on motivational processes and dispositions. Implicit motives represent nonconsciously
    operating, affect-based enduring needs to seek particular classes of incentives
    (e.g., influence, mastery, closeness) and avoid corresponding classes of disincentives
    (e.g., powerlessness, failure, isolation). Implicit Motives follows the intellectual
    tradition of David McClelland and John Atkinson in its emphasis on thematic apperceptive
    measurement of motivational needs. It features some updated chapters and many
    new ones, reflecting the exciting and diverse new developments in motive research
    since the first edition was published in 2010. It aims to provide an authoritative,
    international reference work that will offer researchers and advanced students
    a comprehensive and balanced overview of current scholarship across the expanding
    field of implicit motive research. Like the first edition, the volume features
    overview chapters of motivational dispositions for achievement, power, and affiliation;
    the current perspective on their measurement; reviews of their neuropsychological,
    cognitive, and behavioral aspects; and portrayals of motives in applied contexts.
    It also features a new section on the theoretical underpinnings of motivational
    processes that examines implicit motives from the perspectives of incentive motivation,
    Pavlovian learning, and research design and offers new chapters on, among others,
    sexual motivation, autonomy motivation, motives and emotion, life-long development,
    and AI-based motive assessment. Written by internationally renowned scholars of
    motivation, the second edition of Implicit Motives will serve as an authoritative
    reference work for researchers, students, and others interested in this topic.\r\n
    \               "
author:
- first_name: Barbara
  full_name: Steinmann, Barbara
  id: '258651'
  last_name: Steinmann
  orcid: 0009-0000-3036-2684
citation:
  alphadin: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Steinmann, Barbara</span>: Implicit
    Motives and Leadership in Organizations. In: <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Schultheiss,
    O.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pang, J. S.</span> (Hrsg.):
    <i>Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications</i> : Oxford University
    PressNew York, 2026'
  ama: 'Steinmann B. Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations. In: Schultheiss
    O, Pang JS, eds. <i>Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications</i>. Oxford
    University PressNew York; 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022">10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022</a>'
  apa: Steinmann, B. (2026). Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations. In
    O. Schultheiss &#38; J. S. Pang (Eds.), <i>Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods,
    and Applications</i>. Oxford University PressNew York. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022</a>
  bibtex: '@inbook{Steinmann_2026, title={Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022">10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022</a>},
    booktitle={Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications}, publisher={Oxford
    University PressNew York}, author={Steinmann, Barbara}, editor={Schultheiss, Oliver
    and Pang, Joyce SEditors}, year={2026} }'
  chicago: Steinmann, Barbara. “Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations.”
    In <i>Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications</i>, edited by Oliver
    Schultheiss and Joyce S Pang. Oxford University PressNew York, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022">https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022</a>.
  ieee: B. Steinmann, “Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations,” in <i>Implicit
    Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications</i>, O. Schultheiss and J. S. Pang,
    Eds. Oxford University PressNew York, 2026.
  mla: Steinmann, Barbara. “Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations.” <i>Implicit
    Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications</i>, edited by Oliver Schultheiss and
    Joyce S Pang, Oxford University PressNew York, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022">10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022</a>.
  short: 'B. Steinmann, in: O. Schultheiss, J.S. Pang (Eds.), Implicit Motives. Theory,
    Methods, and Applications, Oxford University PressNew York, 2026.'
date_created: 2026-10-07T12:42:44Z
date_updated: 2026-10-14T11:26:04Z
department:
- _id: 4b2dc5c9-bee3-11eb-b75f-ecc80f94fb21
doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197681633.003.0022
editor:
- first_name: Oliver
  full_name: Schultheiss, Oliver
  last_name: Schultheiss
- first_name: Joyce S
  full_name: Pang, Joyce S
  last_name: Pang
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Implicit Motives. Theory, Methods, and Applications
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - '9780197681664'
  isbn:
  - '0197681638'
  - '9780197681633'
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University PressNew York
status: public
title: Implicit Motives and Leadership in Organizations
type: book_chapter
user_id: '261203'
year: '2026'
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