The Transmission of Work Centrality within the Family in a Cross-Regional Perspective

Autor(en)
Bernhard Kittel, Fabian Kalleitner, Panos Tsakloglou
Abstrakt

Young adults’ work values evolve as they are socialized into education and work. We study a core concept of work values, work centrality, and distinguish between an extrinsic dimension, that is, the relative importance of work; and an intrinsic dimension, that is, nonfinancial employment commitment. Using data collected by the CUPESSE project on two generations of families in nine European countries, we explore the congruence of work values between parents and adolescents and the effect of the regional-level social and economic context on young adults’ work values. We find, first, that parental influence is the most robust determinant of extrinsic and intrinsic work centrality in adolescents. Second, the relative importance of work to young women varies across regions, but the variation is explained in part by female labor force participation rates in those regions. Third, differing patterns of extrinsic and intrinsic work centrality across European regions are explained, in part, by gender, education, and subjective financial satisfaction.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Wirtschaftssoziologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Athens University of Economics and Business
Journal
American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals
Band
682
Seiten
106-124
Anzahl der Seiten
19
ISSN
0002-7162
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716219827515
Publikationsdatum
03-2019
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
504030 Wirtschaftssoziologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Sociology and Political Science
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 5 – Geschlechtergleichheit
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/4ddb0c0b-5921-4e7a-9482-32e7174009e6