Exploring the changing meaning of work for american high school seniors from 1976 to 2005

Laura Wray-Lake; Amy K. Syvertsen; Laine Briddell; D. Wayne Osgood; Constance A. Flanagan

doi:10.1177/0044118X10381367

Exploring the changing meaning of work for american high school seniors from 1976 to 2005

Laura Wray-Lake, Amy K. Syvertsen, Laine Briddell, D. Wayne Osgood, Constance A. Flanagan

Sociology and Criminology

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Using data from the Monitoring the Future study, this article presents historical trends in U.S. high school seniors' work values across 30 years (1976-2005). Adolescents across three decades highly valued most aspects of work examined. Recent cohorts showed declines in the importance of work, values for job security, and various potential intrinsic rewards of work. After increasing until 1990, adolescents remained stable in their values for extrinsic and materialistic aspects of work until 2005. The value of work that allows for leisure time has steadily increased. Stable level differences in work values emerged for adolescents by gender, race, parents' education, and college aspirations. Findings have implications for understanding the changing meaning of work for the future workforce.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1110-1135
Number of pages	26
Journal	Youth and Society
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X10381367
State	Published - Sep 2011

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