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'''Ambition''' is the "the persistent and generalized striving for success, attainment, and accomplishment."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Judge |first=Timothy A. |last2=Kammeyer-Mueller |first2=John D. |date=2012-07 |title=On the value of aiming high: the causes and consequences of ambition |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22545622/ |journal=The Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=758–775 |doi=10.1037/a0028084 |issn=1939-1854 |pmid=22545622}}</ref> |
'''Ambition''' is the "the persistent and generalized striving for success, attainment, and accomplishment."<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Judge |first=Timothy A. |last2=Kammeyer-Mueller |first2=John D. |date=2012-07 |title=On the value of aiming high: the causes and consequences of ambition |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22545622/ |journal=The Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=758–775 |doi=10.1037/a0028084 |issn=1939-1854 |pmid=22545622}}</ref> |
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Ambition has been viewed alternately as a [[virtue]] and a [[vice]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pettigrove |first=Glen |date=2007-02-01 |title=Ambitions |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-006-9044-4 |journal=Ethical Theory and Moral Practice |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=53–68 |doi=10.1007/s10677-006-9044-4 |issn=1572-8447}}</ref> |
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Ambition has been viewed alternately as a virtue and a vice. |
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== Definition == |
== Definition == |
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English dictionaries tend to describe ambition as a desire to attain to reach ends like success, power and wealth. In psychological literature, definitions of ambition have also related ambition to goals and plans for accomplishments. |
English dictionaries tend to describe ambition as a desire to attain to reach ends like success, power and wealth. In psychological literature, definitions of ambition have also related ambition to goals and plans for accomplishments. |
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2945976 |
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== In the workplace == |
== In the workplace == |
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== As a personality trait == |
== As a personality trait == |
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Psychologists . Some scholars have viewed ambition as an extension of [[conscientiousness]]; others have seen it as an extension of [[Extraversion and introversion|extraversion]]. Still other researchers have |
Psychologists . Some scholars have viewed ambition as an extension of [[conscientiousness]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Douglas N. |last2=Paunonen |first2=Sampo V. |last3=Fraboni |first3=Maryann |last4=Goffin |first4=Richard D. |date=1996-01-01 |title=A five-factor versus six-factor model of personality structure |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/019188699500143T |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=33–45 |doi=10.1016/0191-8869(95)00143-T |issn=0191-8869}}</ref>; others have seen it as an extension of [[Extraversion and introversion|extraversion]]. Still other researchers have |
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 13 January 2023
Ambition is the "the persistent and generalized striving for success, attainment, and accomplishment."[1]
Ambition has been viewed alternately as a virtue and a vice.[1][2]
Definition[edit]
English dictionaries tend to describe ambition as a desire to attain to reach ends like success, power and wealth. In psychological literature, definitions of ambition have also related ambition to goals and plans for accomplishments.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2945976
In the workplace[edit]
As a personality trait[edit]
Psychologists . Some scholars have viewed ambition as an extension of conscientiousness[3]; others have seen it as an extension of extraversion. Still other researchers have
- ^ a b Judge, Timothy A.; Kammeyer-Mueller, John D. (2012-07). "On the value of aiming high: the causes and consequences of ambition". The Journal of Applied Psychology. 97 (4): 758–775. doi:10.1037/a0028084. ISSN 1939-1854. PMID 22545622.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Pettigrove, Glen (February 1, 2007). "Ambitions". Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 10 (1): 53–68. doi:10.1007/s10677-006-9044-4. ISSN 1572-8447.
- ^ Jackson, Douglas N.; Paunonen, Sampo V.; Fraboni, Maryann; Goffin, Richard D. (January 1, 1996). "A five-factor versus six-factor model of personality structure". Personality and Individual Differences. 20 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(95)00143-T. ISSN 0191-8869.