Identifying personal values and value conflicts
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Authors
Peterson, Dan W.
Issue Date
2002
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
Psychology
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the value systems in the Silicon Valley in the California San Francisco Bay area were based upon business-oriented (shared/community) values as opposed to personal and cultural values. The researcher sought to discern the values held and considered most important by Silicon Valley professionals as well as the values of the corporations in which they worked. Those values could then be compared with each other and with those of people around the world (as determined by a Washington Post study of November 25, 2000) to assess similarities and differences.
Additionally, the study sought to examine the extent (if at all) to which personal values were affected by and/or adapted to those of the corporate environment in which the participants worked. The question as to whether personal values were shaped and/or created anew based upon work-related values was addressed.
The researcher hypothesized that, due to the technology boom and the seemingly overwhelming influence of the corporate environment on individuals, that personal values of those individuals had been affected. Part of the study focused on the question as to whether the value of financial success was important to individuals and whether they believed financial success was an important operating value in their belief system.