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Basic Values, Career Orientations, and Career Anchors: Empirical Investigation of Relationships
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01556
000410111500003
28955275
Abessolo
Marc
author
Rossier
Jérôme
author
Hirschi
Andreas
author
article
2017-09-12
Frontiers in Psychology
1664-1078
1664-1078
journal
8
NA
Values are desirable goals that are sought by individuals to satisfy their needs and are important for understanding career orientations in terms of protean and boundaryless career orientations and career anchors. However, how career orientations or career anchors fit into a well-established and supported model and into the structure of basic human values remains an important and under-investigated question. The aim of this study was to use Schwartz’s model of structural values to empirically explore the relationships and structural correspondences among basic values, career orientations, and career anchors. A heterogeneous sample of 238 employees from French-speaking Switzerland (Mage = 35.60, SD = 13.03) completed the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ5X), the Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes Scales (PCAS, BCAS), and the Career Orientation Inventory (COI). The results showed that it was possible to meaningfully position both career orientations and career anchors in Schwartz’s values structure. The protean and boundaryless career orientations were positively related to Schwartz’s values that emphasized openness to change and career anchors and meaningfully followed the motivational continuum of these basic values. Overall, the overlap among the basic values, career orientations, and career anchors appeared relatively important, suggesting that these values, orientations and anchors should be considered simultaneously to understand and address the factors underlying individuals’ career choices and paths.
Schwartz’s Values
Protean Career Orientation
Boundaryless Career Orientation
Career Anchors
eng
60_published
true
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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