A Study of the Relationship between Work Values and Occupational Choices of the Graduates from the Shipping Department and Related Departments

碩士 === 國立海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 85 === Work values is the process of choosing one''''''''s occupation or career goalssupported or induced by the internalized values, which are formed by theindividual'''''...

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Main Authors: Tsaw, Victor, 曹忠毅
Other Authors: Yu Kun-Tung
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 1997
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18313945612955760717
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Summary:碩士 === 國立海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 85 === Work values is the process of choosing one''''''''s occupation or career goalssupported or induced by the internalized values, which are formed by theindividual''''''''s tendency to show one''''''''s ability, one''''''''s willingness and one''''''''sattitude in the process of occupational development. In recent years, dueto the lack of merchant sailors, there have been some problems of runningand managing the shipping business. The research was based on responses to questionnaires given to graduates from the Shipping Department and the related departments, and the purpose was to probe into their work valuesas well as analyze whether different backgrounds would lead to significantdifferences in work values. Afterwards, the students'''''''' work values were grouped, then the relationship between the groups and occupational choiceswere analyzed. In the process of reserch, data was collected from a general poll. Thenthey were analyze by statistic software-SAS, and its statistical methods,such as frequency analysis, one-way anova, T-test, cluster analysis,discriminate analysis, and chi- squares test were applied. The results obtainedare as follows:1. By ranking, the work values to which the graduates from the Shipping Department and the related departments ranked in order of importance are security and economic returns, relations with associates and supervisors, dignity, self-improvement, health benefit and ease of communting, stable and worry-free positions, and self-realization.2.Graduates from different departments differed in their work-value rankings significantly, while graduates with different work experiences and from different social levels did not rank their work values significantly different.3.The work values of the Shipping Department and the related department graduates were grouped into 5 classes by cluster analysis, then the chi-squares test was applied to test the relationship between the classes and the occupational choices. Findings showed that there is no significant relationship. Using the results, a conclusion and suggestions were proposed for follow-upresearch.