This study examined high school students' selected work values in six countries. The data were analyzed for between-country correlation. Also, the data were analyzed with sex as a variable. The findings indicated selected work values were more similar than dissimilar across countries and cultures. Gender specific results suggested a higher degree of transnational agreement among girls than among their male peers.For the past 35 years behavioral scientists have studied how work values and occupational choice relate. As early as 1957, Rosenberg examined the role of work values in college students' occupational choice.Rosenberg's work stemmed from the sociological and anthropological theory and research of his era. In 1970, Super asserted that values are objectives sought to satisfy a need. Occupational choice, according to Super, is an attempt to maximize need satisfaction through value realization. Later, Dawis and Lofquist ( 1984) referred to values as "standards of importance for the individual" (p. 4). These standards influence choice of work environment and, ultimately, level of satisfaction. These early vocational psychology conceptions were plat-