The Concept of Work Values

Zytowski, Donald G.

doi:10.1002/j.2164-585x.1970.tb00231.x

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“…Indeed, most work values studies have been concerned with structuring interindividual differences at one point in time. Of those relatively few studies that have attempted to assess stability of work values (for reviews see Jepsen, 1984;Kapes & Strickler, 1975;Zytowski, 1970) most have either approximated change by mean differences between age groups in crosssectional designs, or by correlations of scores or mean changes in scores over at least a one-year period in longitudinal designs (see Pryor, 1980, for a notable exception). All have been concerned with average change at the group level.…”

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Patterns of Short-Term Changes in Individuals' Work Values: P-Technique Factor Analyses of Intraindividual Variability

Schulenberg¹,

Vondracek²,

Nesselroade³

1988

Multivariate Behavioral Research

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To examine the magnitude and nature of short-term fluctuations in work values, seven college students (five females, two males) completed the Work Values Inventory (Super, 1970) daily for approximately 100 days. Each individual's scale scores were factor analyzed separately to identify the number and nature of factors that accounted for the day-to-day variability manifested in that person's scores. Results indicated that intra-individual variability on self-reported work values is coherently structured, although not in highly consistent ways across individuals. Factors identified as "Stimulation," "Esthetics/Management," and "Work Conditions" manifested various amounts of similarity across participants' responses. The findings call into question the overarching assumption in the vocational literature that work values behave exclusively as trait-like dimensions, and suggest making better use of idiographic approaches in developing nomothetic relationships.

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Patterns of Short-Term Changes in Individuals' Work Values: P-Technique Factor Analyses of Intraindividual Variability

Schulenberg¹,

Vondracek²,

Nesselroade³

1988

Multivariate Behavioral Research

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“…For instance, danger or risk as represented in fire fighting or race-car driving may attract some workers and repel other workers. Zytowski (1970) raised the question of how many work values there are. The obvious answer is: As many as there are identifiable aspects of work.…”

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A Super Contribution to Vocational Theory: Work Values

Zytowski

1994

The Career Development Quart

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This article traces the influence of Donald E. Super in introducing the concept of work values into career development and vocational theory. It reviews the conceptualization, taxonomy, and assessment of work values. Research bearing on Super's “onion model,” representing his views on the relationship of work values to other variables in the affective domain, is also presented. Finally, an overview is given of the research evidence regarding any functional role that work values actually play in the career development of individuals.

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“…This implies that work values reflect fundamental and wide-ranging preferences, which are not so much concerned with aspects of a particular vocation or organization, but with the nature of the work in general (Ros, Schwartz, & Surkiss, 1999). Although there seem to be as many work values as identifiable work features (Zytowski, 1970), considerable disagreement remains about their dimensional structure. The approaches most frequently referred to comprise between 10 and 20 value dimensions (e.g.…”

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Graduate teacher motivation for choosing a job in education

Cooman

Gieter

Pepermans

et al. 2007

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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This article compares individuals already in teaching and non-teaching teacher graduates, and explores the motivation to pursue a teaching job based on job motives and work values. From the response of 241 recently graduated teachers it may be concluded that teachers consider intrinsic, altruistic and interpersonal features as strong job-specific motivators. Furthermore, teachers prefer altruistic and interpersonal work values, while non-teachers are more attracted by individualistic work values such as career opportunities and executive power.Résumé. Motivation des professeurs diplômés pour le choix d'un métier d'enseignant. Cet article compare les professeurs diplômés qui exercent une activité professionnelle dans l'enseignement à ceux qui l'exercent ailleurs. Il explore la motivation à poursuivre un métier d'enseignement sur la base des motivations pour le métier et des valeurs au travail. Des réponses de 241 personnes récemment diplômées professeurs, on peut conclure que les enseignants considèrent les traits de motivation intrinsèque, altruiste et interpersonnelle comme les plus spécifiques pour leur travail. De plus, les enseignants marquent leur préférence pour les valeurs de travail altruistes et interpersonnelles, tandis que les non-enseignants sont plus attirés par des valeurs de travail individualistes telles que les opportunités de carrière et le pouvoir de décision.Zusammenfassung. Die Motivation von Lehramtsstudenten zur Wahl einer Tätigkeit im Erziehungsbereich. Dieser Artikel stellt unter Absolventen eines Lehramts-Studiengangs einen Vergleich zwischen einer Gruppe an, die in eine Lehrertätigkeit einmündete, mit einer anderen Gruppe, die in eine andere als eine lehrende Tätigkeit mündeten. Aus den Antworten von 241 Lehrern, die kürzlich ihr

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The Concept of Work Values

Cited by 79 publications

References 50 publications

Patterns of Short-Term Changes in Individuals' Work Values: P-Technique Factor Analyses of Intraindividual Variability

Patterns of Short-Term Changes in Individuals' Work Values: P-Technique Factor Analyses of Intraindividual Variability

A Super Contribution to Vocational Theory: Work Values

Graduate teacher motivation for choosing a job in education

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