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Convergences and Disparities of Work Orientations Among Recent Graudates in Portugal
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Abstract We aimed to identify patterns of work value orientations in a sample of graduates from two universities in Lisbon, and assess whether differences in extrinsic and intrinsic orientations can be explained by structural determinants of material living conditions. We found three common patterns: "aspira... view more
We aimed to identify patterns of work value orientations in a sample of graduates from two universities in Lisbon, and assess whether differences in extrinsic and intrinsic orientations can be explained by structural determinants of material living conditions. We found three common patterns: "aspirational maximalism"; importance of the job to gain financial autonomy from parents; and greater importance of intrinsic rewards. Results suggest the variation in the importance of extrinsic and intrinsic values bears little correlation with differences in material living conditions, and that subjects tend to adjust their work value orientations to their assessment of objective employment rewards.... view less
Keywords
university; graduate; graduation (academic); career start; value-orientation; intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation; living conditions; job satisfaction; occupational situation; social background; employability; Portugal
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
work values; work rewards; higher education graduates; material living conditions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 9-29
Journal
Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas (2016) 80
ISSN
0873-6529
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed