TY - JOUR
T1 - Work meaning among mid-level professional employees
T2 - A study of the importance of work centrality and extrinsic and intrinsic work goals in eight countries
AU - Kuchinke, K. Peter
AU - Ardichvili, Alexandre
AU - Borchert, Margaret
AU - Cornachione, Edgard B.
AU - Cseh, Maria
AU - Kang, Hye Seung
AU - Oh, Seok
AU - Polanski, Andrzej
AU - Tynaliev, Urmat
AU - Zav'jalova, Elena
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - We conducted a survey-based study on the meaning of work of some 1500 mid-level professional employees in private and public organizations in eight countries. Using the country clustering described in the GLOBE series of studies and the theoretical framework of the Meaning of Work study, five hypotheses were tested. The study found support for the universal valuation of work and family as major life domains and the relative importance of leisure, religion, and community involvement. Work centrality was related in differentiated ways to performance orientation, assertiveness, and humane orientation indices. Extrinsic and intrinsic work goals differed and were related to country clustering. The report concludes with implications for the theory and practice of human resource development and offers suggestions for further research.
AB - We conducted a survey-based study on the meaning of work of some 1500 mid-level professional employees in private and public organizations in eight countries. Using the country clustering described in the GLOBE series of studies and the theoretical framework of the Meaning of Work study, five hypotheses were tested. The study found support for the universal valuation of work and family as major life domains and the relative importance of leisure, religion, and community involvement. Work centrality was related in differentiated ways to performance orientation, assertiveness, and humane orientation indices. Extrinsic and intrinsic work goals differed and were related to country clustering. The report concludes with implications for the theory and practice of human resource development and offers suggestions for further research.
KW - GLOBE
KW - cross-cultural research
KW - meaning of work
KW - work centrality
KW - work values
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U2 - 10.1177/1038411111413217
DO - 10.1177/1038411111413217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052916827
SN - 1038-4111
VL - 49
SP - 264
EP - 284
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
IS - 3
ER -
