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Sex and Personality Differences in Job Value Preferences
Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
Norwegian Business School (BI), Nydalveien, Olso, Norway
PCL, Tunbridge Wells, UK
PCL, Tunbridge Wells, UK
- 1 Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
- 2 Norwegian Business School (BI), Nydalveien, Olso, Norway
- 3 PCL, Tunbridge Wells, UK
- 4 PCL, Tunbridge Wells, UK
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Abstract
One thousand four hundred and fifty-eight business executives completed the two Hogan assessment measures: the Motives, Values and Preferences Inventory (MVPI) (an inventory of ten core occupational values), and the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) (a measure of seven super-factor traits). There were seven sex differences on the values which factored into three interpretable factors labelled Science, Excitement and Virtue. Regression with the factor scores as the criterion variables and demography and the seven HPI scales as predictor variables showed a quarter to a half of the variance could be explained. The second factor Excitement was most clearly related to HPI scores. Implications for selection are considered.
KeywordsTraitsValuesMotivesGender
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