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Job values among future business leaders: the impact of gender and social background

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  • Gooderham, Paul
  • Nordhaug, Odd
  • Ringdal, Kristen
  • Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate job-related values among Norwegian business school students. The study is based on a survey conducted in 1999 in the three leading national business schools among students who had completed almost 3 years of the 4-year degree program. We analyze the degree to which these values vary according to gender and social background. Previous research has indicated that business students are relatively materialistic and career-oriented, and that males are more so than females. However, in this paper, we find personal development to be the major motivational force among students of both genders. While the men are significantly more materialistic than the women, the difference is not very great. The analysis indicates that social background exerts no influence on job-related values.

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  • Gooderham, Paul & Nordhaug, Odd & Ringdal, Kristen & Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth, 2004. "Job values among future business leaders: the impact of gender and social background," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 277-295, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:20:y:2004:i:3:p:277-295
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