American College Students and the Protestant Work Ethic
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 137 (3) , 284-296
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224549709595440
Abstract
The concept of the Protestant work ethic (PWE), originally proposed by Weber (1958), was examined in a study of 422 American college students. Although the PWE has been heavily studied, no definitive conclusions have been reached regarding its genesis and whether it is dispositional in nature or more heavily reliant on demographic variations. Mirels and Garrett's (1971) PWE Scale was used to measure the ethic. The authors hypothesized that older, graduate, and non-American students would express a greater belief in the ethic. The results indicated that it was the younger, undergraduate, and non-American students who expressed greater belief in the PWE.Keywords
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