Examining MWEP and its validity in an Islamic society: A national study in Iran

Chanzanagh, Hamid Ebadollahi; Akbarnejad, Mahdi

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.278

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“…Work is viewed as important in its own right and not exclusively for the extrinsic benefits that are consequent of it. Regardless of a Christian or Muslim context, this value in work itself is an essential part of the core conceptualization of work ethic (Ali and Al-Owaihan 2008;Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad 2011;Weber 1930). The dominance of this work ethic dimension in the profile of Arab youth has important implications for the economic conditions that contribute to the unrest throughout the Middle East (Cordesman et al 2013).…”

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“…Miller et al (2002) propose a multidimensional work ethic construct comprising the seven work ethic dimensions of Self-reliance, Morality/ethics, Leisure, Hard Work, Centrality of Work, Wasted Time, and Delay of Gratification. The construct has been widely used across a variety of cultural and work contexts and has been shown to be valid and reliable in its measurement of the work ethic concept (Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad 2011;Lim et al 2007;Miller et al 2002Miller et al , 2010. The sfMWEP is a more recent development that is designed to be more accessible while maintaining the psychometric validity and reliability of the original long-form of the MWEP (Meriac et al 2013).…”

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An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

Ryan

Tipu

2014

J Bus Ethics

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While the concept of work ethic has been discussed in the Arab context (Sidani and Thornberry in J Bus Eth 91(1): [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] 2009), the significant conceptual and methodological limitations of the existing work ethic and work value research elucidate the need for a more robust investigation of the multidimensional work ethic construct in the Arab context. Multidimensionality of the work ethic concept has gained considerable attention in recent years as researchers attempt to move away from the religiously labeled Islamic and Protestant work ethic conceptualizations. The current study examines the Arab work ethic through the use of the multidimensional work ethic profile (MWEP) on a sample of future business leaders in the United Arab Emirates. A total of 484 business students completed an Arabic version of the MWEP short form. The results show that centrality of work and hard work are the highest scoring work ethics followed by self-reliance, wasted time, and leisure. There are significant differences in work ethic dimensions across gender and categories of family breadwinner. No significant differences in work ethic dimensions are observed across categories of nationality and work preference groups. The findings are discussed in relation to the unique insight they offer on the nature of work ethic in an Arab context.

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An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

Ryan

Tipu

2014

J Bus Ethics

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“…Unfortunately the examination of hypotheses three and six could not be undertaken in the current study as the Cronbach alpha scale reliabilities were below the acceptable level of 0.7. Although the primary work ethic instrument used in the current study has been successfully applied in other cultural contexts (Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad, 2011, Lim et al, 2007, Meriac et al, 2010, evidence of the difficulties of measuring the specific dimension of Morality/ethic and Delay of Gratification in an Arab context have been identified (Ryan and Tipu, In Press). While the current study's scale reliabilities for the aforementioned scales are improved on those originally reported by Ryan and Tipu (In Press), they are still not of a sufficiently robust standard to support the quantitative examination of the constructs.…”

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Predicting entrepreneurial intentions from work values

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Ryan

2016

Management Decision

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Purpose The primary objective of the current research is to extend the current debate on value-intention link by investigating the hitherto unexplored relation between the concepts of the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile (MWEP) and entrepreneurial intentions (EI). In addition, this research seeks to offer specific insight into the work values and entrepreneurial intentions of United Arab Emirates (UAE) national youth in an effort to contribute to decision making and policy formation for enhancing entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach 309 UAE youth completed an Arabic version of the short form Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile (MWEP-SF) and a measure of Entrepreneurial intention. Findings Results confirm the value-intention link and support the view that values can direct work choices in entrepreneurship. The regression model identifies that the work ethics of Wasted Time, Leisure, and Self-reliance positively predict EI, while Centrality of work is unrelated to EI. Originality/value The relation between work values and EI of youth is underexplored in the context of the UAE. The current extreme underrepresentation of UAE nationals in the private sector of the UAE economy highlights a significant problem for the UAE strategy of workforce nationalization. As the current findings reveal that the UAE youth possess work values which can predict entrepreneurial intentions, the policy initiatives in the UAE may encourage Emirati nationals to more actively participate in the new venture creation and development. This will potentially facilitate the government to achieve the balance between public sector employability and self-employment contributions in the private sector.

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“…For example, Woehr, Arciniega, and Lim et al (2007), in their study in Korea, Mexico, and USA, translated the instrument to three different languages. In another example, Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad (2011) applied it to an Iranian context and validated the seven dimensions for an Islamic country. In their study, Chudzicka-Czupała, Cozma, Grabowski, and Woehr (2012) used multigroup confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) to examine the measurement equivalence of MWEP in both Poland and U.S. samples.…”

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

Huang

Hedayati‐Mehdiabadi

et al. 2019

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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Work ethic, a construct of work‐related values and attitudes, is believed to have a direct impact on how people approach work, work behavior, and on‐the‐job performance. When people experience social transformations, their work‐related values and attitudes change. The Chinese society has experienced significant transformations over an extended period of economic reform. This study is designed to develop and validate a work ethic instrument that can be used to measure current Chinese people's work‐related values and attitudes. To be sensitive to the Chinese context, this study follows a process of systematic cross‐context theory borrowing: borrowing a validated western work ethic instrument developed by Miller, Woehr, and Hudspeth (2002) and incorporating the findings of two qualitative studies on Chinese work ethic profile conducted previously in China to initiate the instrument development. This paper presents the research process including the data collection, instrument development, and instrument validation. A multigenerational and multiregional sample of 928 was used to conduct the study. The findings suggested an eight‐dimensional profile of Chinese workers' work ethic with a robust model fit. The eight dimensions are the concept of time, work centrality, morality, leisure, delay of gratification, hard work, group dynamics, and commitment to education. Implications for the field of human resource development, limitations of the study, and calls for future research are also presented.

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Examining MWEP and its validity in an Islamic society: A national study in Iran

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

Predicting entrepreneurial intentions from work values

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

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