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The relationship between cultural values and individual work values in the hospitality industry
Author(s) -
White Christopher
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.535
Subject(s) - hospitality , value (mathematics) , cultural values , work (physics) , mainland china , china , hospitality industry , psychology , mainland , social psychology , sociology , marketing , geography , social science , tourism , statistics , business , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology
This paper examines the relationship between cultural values and individual work values. Two‐hundred and seventy‐six hospitality management students from mainland China and western Europe were surveyed and grouped according to their value orientations and multiple discriminate analysis was used to identify differences in work value preferences between the groups. The results indicated that a group consisting of mainly Chinese participants valued characteristics that have been associated with developed Western nations, and unlike previous studies, both groups viewed intrinsic as well as extrinsic work values as being important. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.