Dominant Personal Values of Lecturers and Medical Staffs – A Comparative Study in Vietnam

Duong Trong Nhan

Abstract

We reviewed studies on personal values and found evidence supporting the association with people’s careers and personal values. Research on employee behaviors found that personal values as an antecedent of employees’ behavior at work and people’s career choices. However, Schwartz introduced ten constructs of personal values in 1992, lack of studies on personal values and their consequences in Vietnam hitherto motivated to conduct this study to explore the dominant personal values of people working in a specific work setting: medical and educational sectors in Vietnam. We carried out the in-depth interviews with 41 lecturers and 53 medical staff and found five dominant personal value constructs – self-direction, stimulation, achievement, security, and conformity; however, they are different in dominance level. Vietnamese lecturers and medical staffs have the same two dominant personal value constructs: self-direction and stimulation. The findings may be useful for personal management in recruiting and motivating Vietnamese employees through creating an appropriate working environment and job design.

 

 

Keywords: dominant personal values, lecturers, medical staffs, Vietnam.

 

 

 


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