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Peer reviewedSt. John, Caron H.; And Others – Journal of Education for Business, 1989
A study of 119 doctoral students (of 223 surveyed) in the Georgia State University College of Business Administration determined that the Work Values Inventory is not an effective means for discriminating between doctoral students who are interested in academic careers and those who are not. Those students do not differ substantially in what they…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Career Choice, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedMietus, Walter S. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1977
Describes the development of the Maryland Work Value Inventory, designed to obtain research data and also to measure a range of attitudes held by high school students toward work, yielding useful data for subsequent studies. (MF)
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Predictive Validity, Research, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRowe, Fred A.; Smith, Nancy M. – College and University, 1990
The Work Values Inventory and Self-Directed Search were used to predict retention of students in office occupation majors at Utah Valley Community College. The predictive model distinguished among students either retained (graduated, on-track, and "jobbed-out") and noncompleters. Noncompletion was correctly predicted for about 73 percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Higher Education, Models
Download full textGrace, Jane; Lee, Glenda E.
In order to determine if there are differences in the work values of two-year college students among various vocational/occupational majors, Super's Work Values Inventory was administered to 391 freshmen entering Middlesex Community College in the fall of 1973. Among the 127 males and 268 females surveyed, there were 178 liberal arts majors, 73…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Majors (Students), Motivation
