Job Preferences in Comparative Perspective 1989–2015: A Multidimensional Evaluation of Individual and Contextual Influences

Esser, Ingrid; Lindh, Arvid

doi:10.1080/00207659.2018.1446118

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“…With respect to work reward values, Esser and Lindh (2018), in a study of nineteen OECD countries, found, in general, a picture of relative stability in extrinsic and intrinsic job preferences, with, in some countries, a tendency toward an increase in the importance of intrinsic values. A picture of intergenerational stability in intrinsic work values emerges from studies in the United States (Twenge 2010).…”

Section: Economic Development Instrumentalism and Post-materialist Vmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Steiber (2013) found that women reported significantly higher commitment than men in nine countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, and the UK), the same level of commitment in eight other countries, and lower commitment only in Greece and Portugal. In their study of nineteen OECD countries, Esser and Lindh (2018) found that women, on average, expressed stronger intrinsic preferences and were more concerned with job autonomy than men.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Work Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gallie (2007) found that intrinsic values were significantly stronger in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden than in either Germany or Britain, and attributed this in particular to the higher education level of employees and the better quality of working conditions in the former countries. In their study of OECD countries, Esser and Lindh (2018) concluded that extrinsic and “collective” intrinsic values (such as work useful for society or that helps others) differ mainly across countries rather than period, although valuations of job autonomy were more similar.…”

Section: Economic Development Instrumentalism and Post-materialist Vmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Research on Work Values in a Changing Economic and Social Context

Gallie¹

2019

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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This article examines the agenda of research on work values that has been developing since the late 1960s. It distinguishes four phases, which successively broadened the scope of research on work values. The first phase focused on the likely impact of economic development and rising incomes on work values. The second interrogated the role of work values for those experiencing unemployment. The third extended the focus to gendered work values related to women’s increasing participation in the labor market. Finally, there has been increased interest in the strength of role attachment to a job and organization. In each area of research, the growth over time of cross-national comparative studies has revealed variations in work values across countries that point to the importance of understanding differences in institutional structures and cultural values.

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Section: Economic Development Instrumentalism and Post-materialist Vmentioning

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Section: Gender Differences In Work Valuesmentioning

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Gallie¹

2019

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“…Analyses of the EVS 2008 confirmed their hypotheses. Esser and Lindh (2018) also analyzed both work orientations, using the work modules in ISSP. They explored the developments in the two work orientations between 1989 and 2015 in 19 Western countries.…”

Section: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Orientations And Job Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Values in Life Domains in a Cross-National Perspective

Halman

Gelissen

2019

Köln Z Soziol

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The increase in international survey research projects investigating basic orientations reveals that the grand sociological theories fall short in explaining the often large differences between populations in contemporary societies that continue to exist. There is more than modernization to explain varieties. Institutions, culture, history, policies, all appear to affect people's values. Our review of current stateof-the-art cross-national research activities demonstrates that increasingly multilevel analysis techniques are applied to address either modernization or institutionalism, or both. From various theoretical perspectives, hypotheses are extracted about the impact of the context on values in a specific domain. The selected studies include very different contextual features to explain varieties in domain-specific value orientations, which clearly proves that there are different mechanisms at work in the distinct value domains. The studies reveal that "context matters," but also that it is essential to include individual-level characteristics, at least as controls. Quite often, the individual attributes appear differently distributed in different countries, which may be the main reason why differences in value orientations between countries remain.

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“…The job preferences scale is based on the eight item instrument used by Esser & Lindh (2018). To cover extrinsic and intrinsic job preferences we excluded two items from this instrument and added two items ('easy work load' and 'good relations with your colleagues') based on the instrument of Gallie, Felstead & Green (2012).…”

Section: Job Preferences -8 Itemsmentioning

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ABMLS Pilot Report 2018-2019: Methodology and preliminary findings

Niekerk¹,

Wit²,

Mathoera³

et al. 2019

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This report documents the development of the A Broader Mind Longitudinal Survey at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The survey is designed to track the personal, academic, civic, and professional development of students as they progress through their study program. We survey students at VU Amsterdam at least every year to measure the attitudes, values, skills and behaviors reflecting “A Broader Mind” among students at VU Amsterdam. The survey provides a barometer of student life: how are students doing with respect to civic‐mindedness, student engagement, professional orientation?

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Job Preferences in Comparative Perspective 1989–2015: A Multidimensional Evaluation of Individual and Contextual Influences

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Research on Work Values in a Changing Economic and Social Context

Research on Work Values in a Changing Economic and Social Context

Values in Life Domains in a Cross-National Perspective

ABMLS Pilot Report 2018-2019: Methodology and preliminary findings

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