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The Work Values of First‐Year College Students: Exploring Group Differences
Author(s) -
Duffy Ryan D.,
Sedlacek William E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2007.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - salary , prestige , psychology , social psychology , work (physics) , sample (material) , political science , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , chromatography , engineering
A sample of 3,570 first‐year college students were surveyed regarding the factors they deemed most important to their long‐term career choice. Students as a whole identified intrinsic interest, high salary, contributions to society, and prestige as their 4 most important work values. Additional analyses found men more likely to espouse extrinsic values, women more likely to espouse social values, and students from median parental‐income groups more likely to espouse intrinsic values. In light of these results, counselors are encouraged to place a greater emphasis on the role of work values in the decision‐making process.