The effects of cross-cultural differences on career development and vocational counselling: an empirical study of the factors influencing motivation of irish and spanish workers

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  • Angélica Rísquez University of Limerick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.15.num.1.2004.11618

Keywords:

cross-cultural differences, work motivation, values, career development, career counselling

Abstract

ABSTRACT

In age of globalisation, when career opportunities are increasingly sought across national boundaries, cross-national differences may provide valuable insight both for researchers and counsellors practising in a multi-cultural context. This paper gathers empirical evidence of the cross-cultural differences between two samples of Irish and Spanish workers, supporting the culturalist claim that much of the literature in career development and vocational counselling is underpinned by naïve believes about the homogeneity of work related values around the world. A motivation scale was distributed to a random sample of 110 full-time employees of different companies and backgrounds (57 Irish and 53 Spanish). The results indicate that Irish workers are more motivated by social recognition, self-concept maintenance and power than their Spanish counterparts. These work-related values conform to Hofstedes dimensions of masculinity and individualism, and to Schwartzs concept of mastery. The implications of these findings for career development and vocational counselling are discussed.

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Rísquez, A. (2014). The effects of cross-cultural differences on career development and vocational counselling: an empirical study of the factors influencing motivation of irish and spanish workers. REOP - Revista Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía, 15(1), 11–31. https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.15.num.1.2004.11618

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Research studies

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