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Work values and the transition to work life: A longitudinal study
- Source :
- Journal of Vocational Behavior. 89:162-171
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- Research on career development has shown that work values play a key motivational role in job selection and career development. In the context of the current economic crisis, it is of particular relevance to examine the role of work values for employment in the transition from school to work. This longitudinal study examined the role of intrinsic (perceived importance of having a job that is interesting and matches one's own competences), rewards (having a good salary and high chance for promotion), and security (having a stable job) work values on subsequent employment status and person–job fit (how an individual's job matches one's own characteristics such as education and job preferences). Finnish participants reported their work values and background variables via questionnaire at ages 20 and 23 (Ns = 348 and 415 respectively). Intrinsic work values predicted a higher degree of person–job fit two years later. Rewards work values predicted lower chances of being unemployed; and security work values predicted higher chances of being unemployed later on. Family socio-economic status (SES) was not related to employment outcomes in this Finnish sample.
- Subjects :
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Longitudinal study
Work values
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Person–job fit
050109 social psychology
Context (language use)
Structural equation modeling
Education
Promotion (rank)
0502 economics and business
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Salary
Life-span and Life-course Studies
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Applied Psychology
Self-determination theory
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05 social sciences
Career development
Work (electrical)
Longitudinal analyses
8. Economic growth
Person–environment fit
Psychology
Social psychology
050203 business & management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00018791
- Volume :
- 89
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Vocational Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7ba6fd9c44c047e5eaa26c6320e95f09