Live to Work, Work to Live, and Work as a Necessary Evil: An Examination of the Structure and Stability of Work Ethic Profiles
通过两个不同样本（美国2440人和墨西哥692名销售人员），识别出三种稳定的工作伦理画像（“活着为了工作”“工作为了活着”“工作是一种必要的恶”），并发现这些画像影响人们对理想同事特质的偏好。
The goal of the present study is twofold. First, we take a person-centered approach to individual differences in work ethic. Here, we focus on the identification and stability of profiles of work ethic dimensions across individuals from two relatively diverse samples. Second, we examine the extent to which work ethic profile membership influences which characteristics of an ideal coworker are viewed as most important. To assess our hypotheses, we used a diverse US-based sample of 2440 as well as a sample of 692 employees in sales-related positions in the financial sector in Mexico. Results from a series of latent profile analyses (LPAs) clearly support the idea that from the combination of scores on the seven dimensions of work ethic, clear and reliable profiles emerge and were generalizable across samples. The three profiles were identified as “Live to Work,” “Work to Live,” and “Work as a Necessary Evil.” Significant differences were found in 5 of 11 desired attributes of an ideal coworker between the employees in the three emerging profiles. Also, in line with our hypotheses, results show that employees belonging to the profile with the highest scores on the core dimensions of the work ethic construct reported that the top desired characteristic in an ideal peer is the hard worker attribute.