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Positive Adolescent Career Development: The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Values
Author(s) -
Hirschi Andreas
Publication year - 2010
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.2161-0045.2010.tb00193.x
Subject(s) - nationality , psychology , work (physics) , career development , developmental psychology , value (mathematics) , career planning , immigration , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , mathematics , statistics , mechanical engineering , law , engineering
This longitudinal study of 268 Swiss adolescents, spanning across 8th grade, investigated the relation of intrinsic and extrinsic work values to positive career development in deciding, planning, and exploring. Results showed that girls reported more intrinsic and fewer extrinsic work values compared with boys. Students with an immigration background reported more extrinsic values than did students of Swiss nationality. When gender, nationality, and scholastic achievement were controlled, more general work value endorsement was a significant predictor of an above‐average increase in career development over the course of the school year. Endorsement of more intrinsic but not extrinsic work values was related to positive career development.