A Content, Correlational, and Factor Analytic Study of Seven Questionnaire Measures of the Protestant Work Ethic
比较了七种不同的新教工作伦理自评量表，通过内容分析、相关分析和因素分析，发现这些测量包含七个维度，并提取出五个可解释的因素，讨论了该信念的多维性质及当前定义困难。
A review of the literature revealed seven, quite different self-report measures of the Protestant Work Ethic (PWE). This study set out to compare and contrast these different measures by content, correlational, and factor analysis. Over 1000 English-speaking respondents completed all seven scales. Content analyses revealed seven dimensions to the PWE measures, and correlational analyses confirmed this. Factor analyses yielded five readily interpretable factors. The results are discussed in terms of the multi-dimensional nature of the PWE beliefs, the psychometric evaluation of the different scales, and the difficulty of defining the PWE in current contexts.