1. The following nine items are from a survey conducted by Nicholas J. Beutell and O. C. Brenner (“Sex Differences in Work Values,” Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol.

28, pp. 29–41, 1986). Rank the nine items in terms of how important (9 = most important)

they would be to you in a job.

How important is it to you to have a job that:

____ Is respected by other people?

____ Encourages continued development of knowledge and skills?

____ Provides job security?

____ Provides a feeling of accomplishment?

____ Provides the opportunity to earn a high income?

____ Is intellectually stimulating?

____ Rewards good performance with recognition?

____ Provides comfortable working conditions?

____ Permits advancement to high administrative responsibility?

2. Form into groups as designated by your instructor. Within each group, the men in the group will meet to develop a consensus ranking of the items as they think the women in the Beutell and Brenner survey ranked them. The reasons for the rankings should be shared and discussed so they are clear to everyone. The women in the group should not participate in this ranking task. They should listen to the discussion and be prepared to comment later in class discussion. A spokesperson for the men in the group should share the group’s rankings with the class.

3. (Optional) Form into groups as designated by your instructor, but with each group consisting entirely of men or women. Each group should meet and decide which of the work values members of the opposite sex ranked first in the Beutell and Brenner survey. Do this again for the work value ranked last. The reasons should be discussed, along with reasons that each of the other values probably was not ranked first . . . or last. A spokesperson for each group should share group results with the rest of the class.