Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
J Couns Psychol. 2012 Jul;59(3):408-23. doi: 10.1037/a0028374.
This study examined Chinese university students' conceptualization of the meaning of work. One hundred and ninety students (93 male, 97 female) from Beijing, China, participated in the study. Prototype research methodology (J. Li, 2001) was used to explore the meaning of work and the associations among the identified meanings. Cluster analysis was used to organize the identified meanings into a structure consisting of lateral and hierarchical levels. The themes that emerged fell into 2 large categories named "ideal" and "reality." A series of superordinate-level and basic-level prototypes were found under each of these 2 categories. These prototypes reflected influences from both Chinese traditional and Western value orientations, as well as perceptions that are to be understood in the contemporary social and economic contexts of China. Implications for career development theory, research, and practice are discussed.
本研究考察了中国大学生对工作意义的概念化理解。来自中国北京的 190 名学生（93 名男性，97 名女性）参与了这项研究。采用原型研究方法（Li，2001）来探索工作的意义以及确定的意义之间的关联。聚类分析被用来将确定的意义组织成一个由横向和层次水平组成的结构。出现的主题分为“理想”和“现实”两个大类别。在这两个类别下都发现了一系列的超层次和基本层次原型。这些原型反映了中国传统和西方价值观取向的影响，以及在中国当代社会和经济背景下需要理解的观念。对职业发展理论、研究和实践进行了讨论。
