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Work values: Some demographic and cultural correlates
Author(s) -
Warr Peter
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317907x263638
Subject(s) - protestant work ethic , psychology , scope (computer science) , social psychology , work (physics) , protestantism , world values survey , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , politics , computer science , law , capitalism , programming language
Employment‐related values were recorded at two levels of scope: perceived importance of the work‐role and of particular job characteristics. Associations with workers' sex, age, employment status, and education level were significant. Work values also differed among countries with a different cultural heritage – historically catholic, historically communist, or historically protestant. Implications for research into job content and reactions and for evaluative judgments in the operation of traits, motives, and attitudes were considered.