PSYCHOLOGY MASTER'S THESIS ABSTRACT

Angella Nazarian

Industrial/Organizational
December 1991

Work Value Orientations: Its Antecedents and Consequences
 

    This study investigated the antecedents and consequences of idiocentrism-allocentrism at work.  It was hypothesized that ethnic and socioeconomic background, gender and sports experience have an influence on idiocentrism-allocentrism; and idiocentrism-allocentrism has an influence on competitive and cooperative attitudes, perception of an ideal leader and group.  Information on these variables was obtained through the use of a survey that was distributed among male and female health care professionals from varying ethnic and socioeconomic background.
    Results demonstrated that the antecedent variables did not have a significant direct effect on idiocentrism-allocentrism at work.  It was found that idocentrics espoused more competitive attitudes than allocentrics, whereas, allocentrics espoused more cooperative attitudes than idiocentrics.  Idiocentrics and allocentrics did not differ in their preferences for an ideal leader or group.  Further analysis demonstrated that sports participation patterns and demographic variables have a significant influence on the consequent variables under investigation.

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