A cross-cultural investigation into the relationships between personality traits and work values.
Over 500 working individuals from 2 European countries (Great Britain and Greece) participated in a 2-study investigation into the relationships between the Big Five personality factors and individuals' work values. In Study 1 (N = 314), British employees completed the 60-item NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; P. T. Costa & R. R. McCrae, 1989) and the Work Values Questionnaire (WVQ; Mantech, 1983), which comprises 37 items measuring intrinsic (e.g., autonomy) and extrinsic (e.g., pay) work values. In Study 2 (N = 216), Greek employees completed a Greek language measure of the Big Five and a translated version of the WVQ. The authors observed a similar factor structure for the WVQ items in both studies. Personality traits, age, and gender explained between 5% and 13% of the variance in the WVQ subscales. As a result of the 2 studies, the authors concluded that there are robust associations between certain personality traits and work values, although they do not clearly follow the intrinsic vs. extrinsic distinction.
Furnham
Adrian
A
Department of Psychology, University College London. a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk
Petrides
K V
KV
Tsaousis
Ioannis
I
Pappas
Konstantinos
K
Garrod
Debi
D
D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D004651:Employment; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom