What workers want: a global perspective
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the changes in global worker preferences for job attributes and incentives at the national cultural level, knowledge that is key to the architecture of effective human resource systems.
Design/methodology/approach
A Bayesian latent growth curve (LGC) model was used to test data from the World and European Values Surveys from the time periods 1981 to 2005.
Findings
Results (based on Bayesian LGC analysis) indicate that employee-related beliefs about what is attractive in a job do change considerably over time, with pay, then employment security having the highest priorities. Equally important, demand for good pay and a job that matches one’s abilities are the fastest growing global worker desires.
Originality/value
These findings of national culture’s active evolution in the workplace indicate a need for scholars, leaders in practice – especially human resource managers – to rethink our cultural conceptualizations for model building and global job design and reward systems.
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Citation
Mayfield, M. and Mayfield, J. (2014), "What workers want: a global perspective", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 332-346. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-01-2013-0006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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