WORK VALUES, PERSONALITY TRAITS AND
CAREER SUCCESS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES ix
LIST OF APPENDICES x
ABSTRAK xi
ABSTACT xii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study 1
1.2 Research Problem 5
1.3 Research Questions 5
1.4 Research Objectives 6
1.5 Significance of the study 6
1.6 Definition of important terms 7
1.6.1 Values 7
1.6.2 Work Values 7
1.6.3 Personality 8
1.6.4 Career Success 8
1.7 Scope of the study 8
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Theoretical Foundation 9
2.3 Values 10
2.4 Early research on Values 12
2.5 Contemporary research on Work Values 14
2.6 Distinction of values with other socio-psychological 15
concepts
2.6.1 Values and Beliefs 15
2.6.2 Values and Attitude 15
2.6.3 Values and Social Norms 15
2.7 Work Values 16
2.7.1 Rokeach Value Survey ( RVS ) 17
2.7.2 Survey of Work Values ( SWV ) 18
2.7.3 Super’s Work Value Inventory 19
2.8 Personality 20
2.9 Personality Theories 21
2.9.1 Trait theory 21
2.9.2 Psychoanalytic theory 22
2.9.3 Behaviourist theory 22
2.9.4 Humanistic theory 22
2.10 Big Five or Five-Factor Model ( FFM ) 23
2.11 Career Success 24
2.11.1 Culture and Career Success 25
2.11.2 Work Values and Career Success 26
2.11.3 Personality Traits and Career Success 27
2.11.4 Personality Traits and Work Values 27
2.12 Assumptions 28
2.13 Conclusion 28
CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3.1 Introduction 29
3.2 Research Framework 29
3.3 Theoretical Framework 32
CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY
4.1
Introduction
33
4.2
Research Design
33
4.3
Operationalisation of Variables
33
4.3.1 Independent Variable – Work Values
33
4.3.2 Independent Variable – Personality Traits
34
4.3.3 Dependent Variable – Career Success
34
4.4
Population and Sample
40
4.4.1 Sampling Frame
41
4.4.2 Sampling...