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Article: General values and work values of social work students in Hong Kong
Title | General values and work values of social work students in Hong Kong |
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Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.worldscinet.com/hkjsw/hkjsw.shtml |
Citation | Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 2013, v. 47 n. 1-2, p. 19-34 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper reports research that examines general values and work values held by university students studying social work in Hong Kong. Comparison is also made with values held by similar students studying in different majors. Results indicated that social work students rated general values such as benevolence, self-direction, universalism and tradition higher than their non-social work counterparts. They also rated work values such as altruism, creativity, supervisory relations, independence and intellectual stimulation more highly. However, the social work students held lower values associated with economic returns, thus supporting a view that students with an inclination towards social work tend to espouse self-transcendence and intrinsic work values, and are less influenced by material rewards. Among the social work respondents, gender differences were found in both general and work values. Differences were also noted between the groups with different modes of study. Implications for social work education and future research are discussed. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199285 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, SW | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, MT | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-22T01:10:49Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-22T01:10:49Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 2013, v. 47 n. 1-2, p. 19-34 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0219-2462 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199285 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper reports research that examines general values and work values held by university students studying social work in Hong Kong. Comparison is also made with values held by similar students studying in different majors. Results indicated that social work students rated general values such as benevolence, self-direction, universalism and tradition higher than their non-social work counterparts. They also rated work values such as altruism, creativity, supervisory relations, independence and intellectual stimulation more highly. However, the social work students held lower values associated with economic returns, thus supporting a view that students with an inclination towards social work tend to espouse self-transcendence and intrinsic work values, and are less influenced by material rewards. Among the social work respondents, gender differences were found in both general and work values. Differences were also noted between the groups with different modes of study. Implications for social work education and future research are discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.worldscinet.com/hkjsw/hkjsw.shtml | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Journal of Social Work | en_US |
dc.rights | Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. Copyright © World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | Electronic version of an article published as Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 2013, v. 47 n. 1-2, p. 19-34. DOI: 10.1142/S0219246213000041 © World Scientific Publishing Company. http://www.worldscinet.com/hkjsw/hkjsw.shtml | - |
dc.title | General values and work values of social work students in Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Yuen, MT: mtyuen@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Yuen, MT=rp00984 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1142/S0219246213000041 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 231668 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 47 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1-2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 19 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 34 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Singapore | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0219-2462 | - |