Understanding Employees’ Preferences: Their Work Values, Environment, Interaction and Activities

Emeliza Torrento Estimo; Geneveve Mandado Aguilar

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Understanding Employees’ Preferences: Their Work Values, Environment, Interaction and Activities

Emeliza Torrento Estimo, Geneveve Mandado Aguilar

Published in Science Journal of Education (Volume 5, Issue 6)

Received: 14 October 2017 Accepted: 30 October 2017 Published: 12 December 2017

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This descriptive study aimed to find out the preferred work values, environment, interactions, and activities of employees in a Maritime institution. A survey questionnaire was administered to a group of respondents composed of 146 faculty and non-teaching staff who represent the sample size from the total population of 231 employees. Results of the study showed evidence that the employees place the highest value on spirituality, mutual respect, reaching goals, open communication, strong support system, cohesiveness, effective leadership, transparency, and recognition, among others. As a whole, they respond most positively to a fast-paced, result-oriented, and organized work environment. Building from the findings gathered, the study recommends the alignment of the employees’ preferences with the institution’s core values and priorities. Since being recognized for their efforts and contribution is important to them, recognition must be given where and when it is deemed best. It is also recommended that more workshops must be held to provide the employees an opportunity to revisit their value system in relation to themselves and others in the organization. Priorities in relation to work must also be reassessed or redefined through these workshops.

Published in	Science Journal of Education (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjedu.20170506.12
Page(s)	236-243
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Institutional Research, Work Values, Work Environment, Work Interaction and Work Activities

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Emeliza Torrento Estimo, Geneveve Mandado Aguilar. Understanding Employees’ Preferences: Their Work Values, Environment, Interaction and Activities. Sci J Educ. 2017;5(6):236-243. doi: 10.11648/j.sjedu.20170506.12

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Emeliza Torrento Estimo

Research Department, John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation, Bacolod City, Philippines
Geneveve Mandado Aguilar

Research Department, John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation, Bacolod City, Philippines

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