Considering the propositions of Simon (1990;1993) and Korsgaard and collaborators (1997), that an individual who assigns priority to values related to altruism tends to pay less attention to evaluating personal costs and benefits when processing social information. As well as the basic premisis of...

This paper presents the process of development and initial validation of an instrument for measuring work values. The construct structure is based on the Schwartz's Universal Theory of Values. Three items were used to operationalize each of 10 typologies proposed by the Theory. The 30 items...

Using the four high-order values proposed by the Theory of values of Schwartz to operationalize the construct of work values, we evaluated the influence of these values on the development of organizational commitment, in comparison with four facets of work satisfaction and four organizational...

The aim of this investigation was to demonstrate that value structures of university students influence their attraction to organizations that show corporate values similar to their value priorities. Using critical incidents analysis, four Spanish organizations were selected. These organizations...