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Work values of Croatian adolescents: Value hierarchy and importance of family background

The study aims to examine work values of Croatian adolescents of different family background. A total of 937 participants were included in the study. Participants were senior students from grammar (n=308) and vocational schools (n=629) coming from city of Zagreb and other north-western Croatian towns. There were 630 girls and 307 boys in the sample. Data was collected via online assessment tool set on website http://www.putkarijere.hr. The short version of Values Scale (Super & Nevill, 1985) was used as a measure of work values. Family background was assessed by Intellectual-cultural orientation subscale from Bloom's (1985) Family Functioning Scale and composite measure of family socioeconomic status. The results showed that the most prominent values among students were Achievement and Ability utilization, whereas the least important ones were Risk and Authority. The most prominent value orientations of Croatian adolescents were Utilitarian, followed by Self- actualizing and Social, while the least expressed value orientation was Adventurous. Students with higher family socio-economic status expressed somewhat higher Utilitarian and Individualistic values, and find Social values less important. Students with higher family cultural orientation expressed higher Self-actualizing values. These findings provide an insight into hierarchy of work values of the new generation of adolescents coming from different family background. It could also help career counselling practitioners to adapt career guidance interventions to better meet today’s adolescents’ needs.

work values, adolescents, family, career

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