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Work Centrality in Japan and the United States

A concept called work centrality is developed to represent the generalized importance of working to individuals. Work centrality results for national samples of the labor force in Japan and in the United States are presented. A large difference is found between the measured work centrality levels in...

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Published in:Journal of cross-cultural psychology 1986-12, Vol.17 (4), p.399-416
Main Authors: England, George W., Misumi, Jyuji
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Language:English
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Summary:A concept called work centrality is developed to represent the generalized importance of working to individuals. Work centrality results for national samples of the labor force in Japan and in the United States are presented. A large difference is found between the measured work centrality levels in Japan and the United States. Several potential explanatory rationales are examined concerning this large work centrality difference.
ISSN:0022-0221
1552-5422
DOI:10.1177/0022002186017004002