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The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41978 The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction Chipp, Kerry ichelp@gibs.co.za Lohlun, Liesl UCTD Work values Gender identity Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Companies need to respond to the changing wants of their employees in order to attract and maintain top talent. In order to do this, understanding what people value in the work setting is of utmost importance, which is why work values have become a popular topic in recent years. Studying the factors that influence work values helps in gaining deeper insights into employee well-being. It is also valuable to track work values over time in order to identify changing trends. A quantitative research methodology was followed using secondary data from the World Values Survey (WVS). A multinomial logistic regression identified four key predictors of work values, namely: people’s relationship status; the number of children that they have; their social class; and their gender. The interaction of these variables was found to cause people’s work values to shift between extrinsic and intrinsic values. People who place a bigger emphasis on intrinsic values were found to be much happier, not just at work but with their lives in general. The findings have been consolidated into a comprehensive model that explains the effect that life factors and gender have on work values and the subsequent impact that work values have on overall life satisfaction. Organisations can build on this model to identify, grow and retain a satisfied workforce, which is a good fit for organisational/team values and takes into account issues of work-life balance which are typically difficult for managers to accommodate cost-effectively. zkgibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2014-09-11T06:57:28Z 2014-09-11T06:57:28Z 2014-04-30 2013 Mini Dissertation Lohlun, L 2013, The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41978> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41978 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Work values Gender identity The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title | The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title_full | The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title_fullStr | The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title_short | The relationships between life factors, gender, work values and overall life satisfaction |
| title_sort | relationships between life factors gender work values and overall life satisfaction |
| topic | UCTD Work values Gender identity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41978 |