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Demographic Correlates of Work Values: A Study of Social Workers in India


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1 Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 122001, India
2 Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow-226013, India
     

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Engaging a worker remains a big challenge for organisations. Research suggests that understanding work values of professionals enables organisations keep the workers engaged. Besides analyzing the work value preferences of social work professionals in India, the study empirically examines the relationship between demographic variables and work value preferences. In all 200 social workers from various sectors in the National Capital Region participated in the study. The study suggests that social work professionals preferred work values which could have helped them realized their potential while giving least priority to social interaction, social relation and dependency values. Demographic variables like age, education, religion and gender were found to impact the work value preference of social workers.
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  • Demographic Correlates of Work Values: A Study of Social Workers in India

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Pushpendra Priyadarshi
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 122001, India
Pankaj Kumar
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow-226013, India

Abstract


Engaging a worker remains a big challenge for organisations. Research suggests that understanding work values of professionals enables organisations keep the workers engaged. Besides analyzing the work value preferences of social work professionals in India, the study empirically examines the relationship between demographic variables and work value preferences. In all 200 social workers from various sectors in the National Capital Region participated in the study. The study suggests that social work professionals preferred work values which could have helped them realized their potential while giving least priority to social interaction, social relation and dependency values. Demographic variables like age, education, religion and gender were found to impact the work value preference of social workers.

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