The aim of this study was to investigate demographic and belief‐system determinants of, and the relationship between, various standardized self‐report measures concerned with work values and general social attitudes. Over two hundred and fifty adults completed five questionnaires concerned with general, as well as specifically work‐related, beliefs. The correlational analysis showed that the Protestant Work Ethic was strongly positively related with Conservative beliefs but negatively related to the Leisure ethic and Marxist‐related beliefs. Of the demographic variables examined education and vote most strongly differentiated the subjects' work beliefs and values in predictable directions. Thirdly a canonical correlational analysis revealed two variates which indicated that age and education were most closely linked to the dependent belief variables. These results are discussed in terms of the aetiology and relationship between general social and specifically work‐related beliefs.
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