ERIC Number: EJ755468
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 45
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Values and Work Environment: Mapping 32 Occupations
Knafo, Ariel; Sagiv, Lilach
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v19 n3 p255-273 2004
The study addresses the relationship between values and occupations. Israeli workers (N = 652; mean age = 47; 43% male) in 32 occupations reported their values using the Portrait Value Questionnaire (Schwartz, Melech, Lehmann, Burgess, Harris, & Owens, 2001), and value scores were aggregated within occupations. Occupations were classified according to the Holland (1985) typology. Enterprising work environments correlated negatively with universalism values. Social environments correlated positively with benevolence and universalism values and negatively with power and achievement. The artistic environment correlated negatively with conformity values. Investigative environments correlated positively with self-direction values and negatively with tradition. A COPLOT analysis of occupational value priorities yielded meaningful clusters of occupations, each characterized by a distinct value profile, and fitting the Holland typology. The findings point to the importance of values in vocational behavior. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures and 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Work Environment, Values, Relationship, Classification, Questionnaires, Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Adults, Career Development, Occupations, Correlation, Social Behavior, Personality
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