Business Student And Practitioner Work Goals And Their Implications

Abstract

The correspondence between individual work goals and available organizational rewards is a primary determinant of job satisfaction and motivation and is also likely to impact job performance. Differences between upper and lower division business students’ work goals suggest that changes had occurred as the students progressed through the curriculum that are likely to be functional for their work adjustment in modern organizations affected by current trends in job and organization design. However, some student priorities remained poorly matched with the available rewards and work requirements they are likely to find in these organizations. The mismatched priorities contrasted sharply with those displayed by U.S. managers in a previous study.