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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Sociology of Work
  • Human Resource Management

Background:

  • Career development and personnel management require understanding psychological, social, and cultural factors.
  • Work values, encompassing preferences and norms, are key to explaining work motivations and organizational outcomes.
  • Existing work value measures vary; the New Work Values Scale (NWVS) offers an integrated approach.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate the Italian form of the New Work Values Scale (NWVS-I).
  • To assess the psychometric properties of the NWVS-I in an Italian adult sample.
  • To confirm the scale's utility for understanding work values in the Italian context.

Main Methods:

  • Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the NWVS-I's structure.
  • Concurrent validity analysis by correlating NWVS-I dimensions with the Portraits Value Questionnaire (PVQ).
  • Gender invariance testing of the NWVS-I.

Main Results:

  • The confirmatory factor analysis supported the proposed factor structure of the NWVS-I.
  • Concurrent validity was established through significant correlations with the PVQ.
  • The NWVS-I demonstrated gender invariance, indicating consistent measurement across genders.

Conclusions:

  • The NWVS-I is a psychometrically sound and valid instrument for measuring work values in Italy.
  • This scale can be applied to career counseling, personnel selection, and people management.
  • The NWVS-I contributes to sustainable organizational development by aligning practices with individual values.