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The Relationship Between Cooperative Education Student Work Values and Work Site Manager's Referent Power

Spence, Janet G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1047503508

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2003, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physical Activity and Educational Services.
The purpose of this study was to describe the relationships between: (1) the referent power of the work site manager, (2) student hours worked, (3) career objective match, (4) student/manager work value match and (5) changes in the co-op student work values. The dependent work value variables studied were: 1. satisfaction and accomplishment, 2. money and prestige, 3. contribution to society, 4. status with employer, 5. need for work, 6. avoidance, and 7. job advancement. A sample of 38 students volunteered for the study from a total population of 134 central Ohio, 12th grade, marketing education students. The Maryland Work Value Inventory (Mietus, 1977) and placement assessment instruments were administered to the subjects near the beginning and end of the academic year. Positive, statistically significant, correlations were found between the independent variable of manager’s referent power and the work values of money and prestige, status with employer, need and job advancement. A positive, statistically significant, negative correlation was found between student/manager work value match and the work value of contribution to society. It was suggested that this negative relationship might be due to the materialistic nature of the business and marketing co-op experiences. Based on these findings, it is concluded that the referent power of the work site managers correlated to small modifications in some of the work values of the 12th grade business and marketing co-op students. It is recommended that when developing co-op experiences for 12th grade business and marketing students it is not necessary to: (1) extend the duration of the co-op experience over 180 hours, (2) match the student’s initial work values to the work site manager’s work values, or (3) match the co-op experience to the student’s desired career objective. Recommendations for future research are included.
David Stein (Advisor)
139 p.
Education, Vocational
work values; values; attitudes; work attitudes; co-op; coop; cooperative education; co-operative education; secondary education; vocational education; business and marketing education

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  • Spence, J. G. (2003). The Relationship Between Cooperative Education Student Work Values and Work Site Manager's Referent Power [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1047503508

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spence, Janet. The Relationship Between Cooperative Education Student Work Values and Work Site Manager's Referent Power. 2003. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1047503508.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spence, Janet. "The Relationship Between Cooperative Education Student Work Values and Work Site Manager's Referent Power." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1047503508

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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