In an effort to better understand the structure of work values associated with career maturity, the present study is an examination of career maturity in relation to work values. Two questions were investigated: (1) is degree of patterning of work val...
In an effort to better understand the structure of work values associated with career maturity, the present study is an examination of career maturity in relation to work values. Two questions were investigated: (1) is degree of patterning of work values related to career maturity? (2) is career maturity associated with specific work values? The sample consisted of 162 subjects. Subjects were administered the Career Maturity Inventory(Crites, 1973) and the Work Value Inventory(Super, 1970).
The results of this study: (1) For female and male, the correlation between career maturity and within subject work values variance did not reach significance. The possibility of the males being less career mature than the females was examined. (2) None of the intrinsic and extrinsic work values were positively associated with career maturity for males and females. While, for males, two intrinsic work values were negatively associated with career maturity; achievement and management, for females, one intrinsic work value was negatively associated with career maturity; management. The results of this study lend partial support to the hypothesis that career maturity is negatively associated with the degree of patterning of work values. The results of this study suggest that counseling with males which focuses in value clarification and differentiation may be helpful in furthering the development of career maturity.