Personal values have been shown to be associated with a range of important psychological experiences, attitudes, and behaviors. Researchers and practitioners have, however, called for additional models and measures of employee values, specific to the context of work. Drawing from Schwartz’s extensively studied model of personal values, this study aimed to develop a scale that researchers and practitioners can use to measure individual work values. Data from 2,968 participants who were currently working or had previous work experience were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. An 11-factor model, aligning closely with Schwartz’s original personal values framework, yielded good fit. Furthermore, the 11 newly developed work values correlated significantly with Schwartz’s generalized values, and multidimensional scaling broadly supported a configuration consistent with that previously proposed for general values. Overall, the research makes a contribution by extending Schwartz’s extensively validated personal values framework to the context of work. The results support the psychometrics of a new measure of work values that will enable valid and reliable assessment of the important influence that work values can have on individual, team, and organizational outcomes. Practical implications, research limitations, and proposed future research directions are discussed.

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在工作中衡量价值：将现有框架扩展到工作环境

个人价值已被证明与一系列重要的心理经验，态度和行为有关。但是，研究人员和从业人员要求针对工作环境的员工价值观的其他模型和度量。这项研究借鉴了Schwartz广泛研究的个人价值观模型，旨在建立一个可供研究人员和从业人员用来衡量个人工作价值观的量表。使用探索性和确认性因素分析来分析来自2,968名当前正在工作或曾经有过工作经验的参与者的数据。一个由11个因素组成的模型与Schwartz最初的个人价值观框架非常吻合，非常适合。此外，这11个新开发的工作值与Schwartz的广义值显着相关，多维缩放广泛支持与先前针对通用值提出的配置一致的配置。总体而言，该研究通过将Schwartz广泛验证的个人价值观框架扩展到工作环境而做出了贡献。结果支持对工作价值的新度量进行心理学计量，这将使人们能够有效可靠地评估工作价值对个人，团队和组织成果的重要影响。讨论了实际意义，研究局限性和拟议的未来研究方向。结果支持对工作价值的新度量进行心理计量，这将使人们能够有效，可靠地评估工作价值对个人，团队和组织成果的重要影响。讨论了实际意义，研究局限性和拟议的未来研究方向。结果支持对工作价值的新度量进行心理学计量，这将使人们能够有效可靠地评估工作价值对个人，团队和组织成果的重要影响。讨论了实际意义，研究局限性和拟议的未来研究方向。