Study Wrzesniewski et al. (1997): study US Pennsylvania 1996
- Public:
- University employees, Pennsylvania, USA, 1996
- Survey name:
- Unnamed study
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 135
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: paper
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Views on work
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- N highest rating: a: 44, b: 43, c: 48
- Operationalization
- Respondents were presented 3 descriptions of orientations to work (vignettes) and were asked to what extent these applied to them
a: job: work for money
b: career: works for promotion
c: calling: works for purpose
Rated:
4 very much
3 'somewhat like me
2 a little like me
1 not at all like me
Observed Relation with Happiness
Work for job (ref) 4.5 1.1 44
Work for career 4.7 +0.2 1.1 ns 43
Work for calling 5.5 +1.0 1.0 05 48
Means Difference s.d. P<. N
Work for job (ref) 4.1 1.4 9
Work for career 4.9 +0.8 1.5 ns 7
Work for calling 5.3 +1.2 1.6 ns 8