Work Values Similarities Among Students From Six Countries

Lebo, R. Brad; Harrington, Thomas F.; Tillman, Robert

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.1995.tb00439.x

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“…However, the literature regarding occupational values of cultural groups is mixed, probably because level of acculturation is not typically an independent variable in the studies that have been conducted. For example, Lebo, Harrington, and Tillman (1995) studied the work values of high school students from six countries and concluded that the values of the groups studied were more similar than different. Because all students studied were from countries with Eurocentric cultural orientations, this finding is not surprising.…”

Section: Because Of Differing Values Systems Men and Women And Peoplmentioning

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The Role of Work and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement

Brown¹

2002

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Theorists have all but ignored the career development of ethnic and cultural minorities. The purpose of this article is to rectify this oversight by presenting a values‐based theory of occupational choice, satisfaction, and success. Values were chosen as the cornerstone of the theory because work values have been identified as critical variables in the career development process (e.g., N. A. Fouad, 1995; D. E. Super & B. Sverko, 1995). Cultural values also play an important role in the occupational choice‐making process (e.g., F. A. Ibrahim, H. Ohnishi, & R. P. Wilson, 1994). Although they are the primary factors in choosing and advancing in an occupation, a number of other variables interact with values.

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Section: Because Of Differing Values Systems Men and Women And Peoplmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Work and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement

Brown¹

2002

Jour of Counseling & Develop

283

191

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“…(Super 1957: 29) These so-called work values or preferences have been widely explored (Super and Bohn 1973;Dawis and Lofquist 1984;Pryor 1979), and previous research among students has found a strong relationship between an individual's work-specific values and their choice of occupation (Zytowski 1970;Dawis and Lofquist 1984;Lebo et al, 1995). Work values are basically fundamental orientations to worklife which organise and direct attitudes and behaviour, not only in the workplace, but also in other arenas of life.…”

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Tourism Careers in Trinidad and Tobago: Perceptions of Secondary School Students

Lewis¹,

Airey²

2001

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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KEYWORDS: tourism industry, occupational decision making, work valuesTourism development in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is a strategic economic priority in the new millennium. The tourism industry in T& T is still in its embryonic stage, and one of the fundamental challenges facing the itldustry is the attraction and retention of the necessary number and quality of young people in hi,~hly competitive employment markets. Agains; this backgroutld, this paper seeks to examine the attitudes of potential recruits towards working in the tourism industry in T& T.Following a review of the occupational decision-making process, the concept of work values and attitudes towards tourism employment, 120 questionnaires were distributed to high school students in T&T to determine their attitudes towards careers in tourism. The main .finding is that secondary school students in both Trinidad and Tobago have a favourable attitude towards tourism employment, which is stron,~ly influenced by their work values and their sources of information about the industry. Students who are interested in 'self-development' and 'working with friendly people' see tourism as providing good career opportunities,' a lack of knowledge tends to be associated with positive, perhaps unrealistically glamorous views of tourism employment. These .fitldin,!!s present a challenge to stakeholders in the industry to nurture this favourable attitude and to provide these young leaders with adequate and accurate information and training, without dampening their enthusiasm, to take the industry into the [uture,

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“…There are universal and culture‐specific aspects of work values and their categorization (Lebo, Harrington, & Tillman, ). People from diverse cultures and speakers of various languages may recognize different work values and divide them into different categories (Schwarzer, Schmitz, & Tang, ).…”

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Comparative Analysis of Work Values Across Four Nations

Lee

Terada

Shimizu

et al. 2017

Journal of Employment Counseling

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Work values are important factors in career counseling and development. The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance of Terada's (2009) Vocational Values Inventory, as well as compare the means of 5 latent variables across 4 nations (Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Germany) using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that the assumptions of configural, metric, and intercept invariance were satisfied across the 4 nations. A comparison of the means of the 5 latent variables indicated that job security, an extrinsic work value, was perceived as the most important work value across the 4 nations.

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Work Values Similarities Among Students From Six Countries

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

The Role of Work and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement

The Role of Work and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement

Tourism Careers in Trinidad and Tobago: Perceptions of Secondary School Students

Comparative Analysis of Work Values Across Four Nations

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