Some types of stability in the study of students' work values |
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Authors: | Robert G.L Pryor |
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Affiliation: | New South Wales Department of Industrial Relations and Technology, Australia |
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Abstract: | It is suggested the concept of “stability” in the study of work values has at least three facets: (1) hierarchical stability, (2) response pattern stability, and (3) factor stability. These three facets are investigated using a sample of 165 Australian students, assessed using a work values list initially in Grade 12 and then years later during which time all had engaged in full-time tertiary study. Of the 13 work values assessed only independence and intellectual stimulation increased in importance and surroundings decreased. Canonical correlation analysis revealed four significant response patterns which indicated that the same work value may sometimes be stable or changeable in combination with other work values. It was also found using factor analysis that two rotated principal components appeared stable over time. They were identified as an Intellectual Concern factor and People Concern factor. An Extrinsic Concern factor for subjects as high school students was found to differentiate into a Status/Power Concern factor and a Co-workers Concern factor by the time of the second assessment. A Freedom Concern factor found in the Grade 12 assessment was not discovered until years later. The results confirm the need for further theoretical and methodological refinement of the notion of stability in the study of work values. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to: Robert Pryor Vocational Guidance Research Section C.P.R.U. N.S.W. Department of Industrial Relations & Technology P.O. Box 1 Darlinghurst 2010 New South Wales Australia. |
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