Work values and cultural background: a comparative analysis of work values of Chinese and British engineers in the UK.

ABSTRACT: In literature of work-related values and attitudes, it is often argued that different work attitudes could be attributed to different ethnic origins and cultural backgrounds. This perspective article argues that we should avoid a deterministic argument of cultural essentialism and explore how ethnic differences in work values were formed in specifical socioeconomic and cultural contexts. To support this argument, this research conducted in-depth interviews to explore the mechanisms underlying the formation of British and Chinese immigrant engineers' work values in three dimensions: intrinsic-extrinsic, masculine-feminine, uncertainty avoidance-entrepreneurial risk. The main finding in this paper is that the different social and cultural milieus where both ethnic groups grew up to a large e

SUBMITTER: Shi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232762 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature