Achievement Striving

If you want a real “take charge”, innovative kind of employee, should you hire someone motivated by duty or an achievement-striving kind of person? Henry Moon and his colleagues have concluded that you’re better off with a duty-oriented person: “a facet of personality related to concern for others (duty) is positively related to taking charge behavior, whereas a facet of personality related to self-interest and personal achievement (achievement striving) is related to taking charge.