Individual Values and Professional Education
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Administration & Society
- Vol. 13 (2) , 123-143
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009539978101300201
Abstract
The espoused values of 681 students and alumni from four graduate programs at the University of Kansas were surveyed with the Rokeach Terminal Values Scale and the newly developed Galloway-Edwards Professional Values Scale. Program affiliation-public administration, social welfare, law, and business administration-consistently accountedfor differences in value preferences. Implications of the results forprofessional practice in the public service and professional education are discussed.Keywords
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