%0 Journal Article
%T Work Values and the Value of Work: Different Implications for Young Adults¡¯ Self
%A Federico Vegetti
%A Manuel Feldmann
%A Martin Luke£¿
%J The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
%@ 1552-3349
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0002716219828976
%X In this study, we ask how work values impact different forms of labor market participation of young adults across Europe. We define work values as individuals¡¯ intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to work and the value of work as the importance or centrality of work in individuals¡¯ lives. We use data gathered from young adults in eleven European countries in the CUPESSE project to investigate the role of the two sets of values regarding employment and self-employment. We then replicate our analysis on a larger sample using data from the European Social Survey (ESS). Our findings suggest a high importance of nonpecuniary benefits for self-employment. Analyses based on both CUPESSE and ESS datasets clearly showed the high, positive impact that independence and creativity have on self-employment. We also show that extrinsic values, such as job security, are more important for employees than they are for the self-employed. Additionally, we find that the value of work in life does not differ between the employed and the self-employed. In sum, these findings suggest that values related to self-employment are not rooted in a general value of work, as Max Weber postulated in his Protestant Work Ethic nearly one hundred years ago, as much as in the aim to achieve personal satisfaction
%K employment
%K self-employment
%K career choice
%K work values
%K work centrality
%K young adults
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0002716219828976