Role of entrepreneurial task motivation in the growth of technologically innovative firms: Interpretations from follow-up data.

The authors used follow-up data on the growth of 59 firms contacted over 5 years after their entrepreneurs were tested with the Miner Sentence Completion Scale-Form T to test hypotheses derived from task theory. The results lend support for the predictive criterion-related validity of overall task motivation, a desire for personal achievement, a desire to innovate, and a desire to plan and set goals, but not for a desire to avoid risks