Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory

Abstract

The Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI)

Student veteran career pathways: A proposed framework for higher education

“…Assessments of different work ethics and attitudes (e.g. initiative and interpersonal skills) are typical forms of career readiness evaluation processes (Park & Hill, ). There are areas in which student veterans may score very high given their familiarity with accountability processes in military structure.…”

Teachers’ Occupational Work Ethic Scale in South Korea

“…The first factor, interpersonal skills, has four items (e.g., friendly), the second factor, initiative, includes five items (e.g., ambitious), and the third factor, dependability, has three items (e.g., following directions). Reliabilities of each subscale were .83 for interpersonal skills, = .75 for initiative, and = .76 for being dependable, respectively (Park & Hill, 2018). The model indices of the results of confirmatory factor analysis model of the OWEI-SF: χ 2 (df)=889.161(54), CFI = .902, SRMR = .045, and the overall Cronbach's alpha was .910.…”

“…"I listen to each fellow teacher and staff even though his or her opinion is different from mine." Work ethics (or employability skills) were measured by the occupational work ethic inventory-short form (OWEI-SF) (Park & Hill, 2018), which is designed for students, trainees, or adults to assess their own work ethic in a relatively short time and in combination with other instruments (Park & Hill, 2018).The OWEI-SF consists of 12 items and has three subscales; interpersonal skills, initiative, and being dependable based on a seven-point Likert scale for rating each item with 1 (never); 2 (almost never); 3 (seldom); 4 (sometimes); 5 (usually); 6 (almost always); and 7 (always). The first factor, interpersonal skills, has four items (e.g., friendly), the second factor, initiative, includes five items (e.g., ambitious), and the third factor, dependability, has three items (e.g., following directions).…”

Development and validation of work ethic instrument to measure Chinese people's work‐related values and attitudes

“…After series of industrial revolution and the more recent information technology advancements, the contemporary meaning of work ethic has evolved (Hill, , ; Lipset, ; Rodgers, ; Rose, ; Super, ). For the purpose of our research, work ethic is “a set of characteristics and behaviors that reflect a person's beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors toward work” (Park & Hill, , p. 10). Specifically, work ethic can be further characterized as demonstrating commitment to the value and significance of hard work at the workplace (Lim et al, ).…”

“…Values are the guiding principles of people's lives (Schwartz, ). Work ethic, as a construct of work‐related values and attitudes, guides employees' work lives and is believed to have a direct impact on employees' on‐the‐job behaviors, such as organizational citizenship, quality of work, productivity, and job performance (Park & Hill, ). Work ethic has been argued to be one of the main competencies that employees must possess or develop in the 21st‐century world of work (Rojewski & Hill, ).…”