Distinctive National Patterns of Career Motivation
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 10 (2) , 125-134
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207597508247326
Abstract
The possible existence and stability of different national patterns of career‐values in eight countries was tested by administering an Occupational Values Inventory to 6,400 urban children in seven of the countries in 1965, and to a sample of 3,600 in 1969. The samples were stratified by age (10 and 14), sex and socioeconomic status (upper‐middle and upper‐lower). A four‐way analysis of variance revealed distinctive national profiles which were stable across the two samples except for some changes in three countries. Each country's value profile is briefly described and possible relations to different national patterns of economic growth are discussed.Keywords
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