Open AccessBusiness Administration Students in Five Canadian Universities: A Study of Values
Author(s) -
Slavek J. Hurka
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v10i1.182810
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , politics , class (philosophy) , sample (material) , scale (ratio) , population , business education , psychology , business administration , higher education , demography , sociology , political science , business , geography , law , computer science , chemistry , cartography , chromatography , artificial intelligence
Using the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey (A VL ) for measuring dominant values, 513 business administration students from five schools in the Prairie Region were tested. The A VL scale measures relative importance of student values in six basic areas: theoretical, econo- mic, aesthetic, social, political and religious. The sample included 349 men and 164 women enrolled in different class levels (years 1 to 4) in five schools of business. Significant differences were found between business student values and the norms for the general college population, and between the values of male and female business adminis- tration students. Differences were progressively less significant when business students were compared by class levels and by schools.