Why Do People Work? An Empirical Test of Hybrid Work Orientations

Liliana Pitacho, Patrícia Jardim da Palma, Pedro Correia and Miguel Pereira Lopes
Additional contact information
Liliana Pitacho: Centro de Administração de Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas-Universidade Lisboa (ISCSP-UL), 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal
Patrícia Jardim da Palma: Centro de Administração de Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas-Universidade Lisboa (ISCSP-UL), 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal
Pedro Correia: Centro de Administração de Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas-Universidade Lisboa (ISCSP-UL), 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal
Miguel Pereira Lopes: Centro de Administração de Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas-Universidade Lisboa (ISCSP-UL), 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: The present study analyzed whether one’s work orientation can be organized into work orientation profiles beyond the three pure orientations of job, career, and calling. We tested the existence of these hybrid work orientations in a sample of 959 adults aged from 18 to 71 years old (M = 40.61, SD = 9.54). A cluster analysis showed that the best result consisted of four profiles: “Career-Calling”, “Career-Job”, “Pure Job”, and “Indifference”. Theoretical and practical implications of profile approach to the study of work orientations are discussed at the end.

Keywords: work orientation; profiles; calling; cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/8/284/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/8/284/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:10:y:2021:i:8:p:284-:d:601504

Access Statistics for this article

Social Sciences is currently edited by Ms. Yvonne Chu

More articles in Social Sciences from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().