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Comparing the work values of engineers with managers, production, and clerical workers: A multivariate analysis
Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Zur Shapira
  • Terri L. Griffith, Santa Clara University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-1990
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Abstract

Engineers and scientists have been compared in previous research on their work attitudes. Conceivably the interest in comparing these two groups of professionals was a result of the joint work they often do in research and development departments. The present framework suggests that engineers who work in production departments would have work values and attitudes which would be more similar to those of managers. Survey data was collected from 432 employees in two industrial corporations in Israel. Profile analysis showed that the work values of engineers were similar to those of managers and different from those of production and clerical workers. Furthermore, work values were also related to behavioral outcomes such as performance and tardiness. Implications regarding the study of engineering as a profession and the use of work values in organizational research are discussed.

Citation Information
Shapira, Z., & Griffith, T.L. (1990). Comparing the work values of engineers with managers, production, and clerical workers: A multivariate analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11, 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030110404