Social values and the choice of careers in industry

"This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey of students at Bath University. Those doing social science were more anti-industrial in their social values than students of management, engineering and economics. Social science students tended to prefer non-industrial jobs congruent wi...

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Published in:Journal of Occupational Psychology 1982-06, Vol.55 (2), p.97-107
Main Authors: Duff, Andrew, Cotgrove, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Berufswahl
Careers
Choices
Einstellung (Psy)
Industrie
Industry
Occupations
Politics
Social
Sozialer Wert
Sozialwissenschaftler
Student
Students
Studies
Values
Variance analysis
Vereinigtes Königreich
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Summary:"This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey of students at Bath University. Those doing social science were more anti-industrial in their social values than students of management, engineering and economics. Social science students tended to prefer non-industrial jobs congruent with their values. Antiindustrial values were higly correlated with career choice after controlling for degree course. It was concluded that choice of course and career choice may be explained as part of the process of political socialization and hence rooted in experiences in early adolescence." ((en))
ISSN:0305-8107
0963-1798
2056-8142
2044-8325
DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1982.tb00082.x