MVPI - Values Flashcards
Status Interests
Recognition
Power
Hedonism
Social Interests
Altruistic
Affiliation
Tradition
Financial Interests
Security
Commerce
Decision-Making Style
Aesthetics
Science
- RECOGNITION - Concerns valuing fame, visibility, interested in being know and recognized.
High - Public acknowledgement, visibility; Enjoy being center of attention. Seek work assignments that provide opportunities to be noticed.
Low - modesty, behind the scenes roles; Prefer to be reserved, uncommunicative, an avoid calling attention to themselves. Value sharing credit, do not mind working by themselves in behind-scenes roles.
- Recognition - Correlations
HPI
(+) w Sociability
HDS
(+) w Imaginative, Colorful, Bold, Mischievous
- POWER - Concerns valuing competition, achievement and being perceived as influential, interested in challenges and a lifestyle organized around worldly success.
- desire to make things happen, outperform
High - Authority, top-down influence, impact; Prefers environments where there are opportunities to get ahead, achieve, and succeed. Cares deeply about being successful and having opportunities for upward mobility and will tend to leave when such opportunities are not avail.
Low - cooperation, democratic decision-making; Be uninterested in competition, achievement, and personal advancement; consequently, not very strategic about their careers.
Value getting along, following orders, and not being responsible for the performance of others.
- Power - Correlations
HPI
(+) w Ambition
HDS - has more correlations w derailing tendencies than any other MVPI scale
(+) w Imaginative, Skeptical, Colorful, Bold, & Mischievous
(-) w Cautious
- HEDONISM - Concern valuing good company and good times, an interest in pleasure, excitement, and variety, and a lifestyle organized around entertaining friends, good food, and having fun.
High - Fun lighthearted, open-minded cultures; Prefer work environments w opportunities to have fun or entertain others. Be expressive, changeable, easily bored, unconcerned with details, and may not learn from mistakes. Need to be reminded to follow through and put business before pleasure
Low - professional, formal work environments; Prefer to work in a restrained and task-focused environment; tend to have difficulties w people who do not share their devotion to duty. Be viewed as buttoned-down, no nonsense, and serious. Need to be reminded from time to time to smell the roses.
- HEDONISM - Correlations
HPI
(-) w Prudence
HDS
(-) Not strongly related to any HDS scales
- ALTRUISTIC - concerns valuing improving society and actively helping others, an interest in helping the less fortunate, and a lifestyle organized around making the world a a better place to live.
High - Helping others, coaching, providing service; Be idealistic, good-natured, and care about social justice, the plight of the have-nots, and the welfare of the environment. Promote staff morale, open communication, and will help others incl subordinates to enhance their careers.
Low - personal responsibility, self-reliance; Prefer to focus on their work, filter out unnecessary demands, and not be distracted by the crises and emotional storms of others. Concerned with productivity more than staff morale or development. Less interested in helping disadvantaged.
- ALTRUSTIC - Correlations
HPI
(+) w Interpersonal Sensitivity, & Prudence
HDS
(+) w Dutiful
- AFFILIATION - concerns valuing frequent and varied social contact, an interest in working with others, and a lifestyle organized around social interaction.
High - Networking, relationship, teamwork, belonging; Enjoy working in team environments and dislike working alone. Enjoy meeting new people, networking and developing strategic alliances. Described as good corporate citizens, willing to follow company policy. Perceived as being dependent on the approval of upper management.
Low - privacy, task-focus, minimal interruptions; Prefer working alone, value private time, and are most comfortable with work environments in which people mind their own business and solve their own problems. Not desire constant changing social contact; not concerned with social approval. Not want to work in a team environment.
- AFFILIATION - Correlations
HPI
(+) w all HPI scales. Strongest w scales concerning interpersonal dispositions: Sociability, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Ambition
HDS
(+) w Triad that reflects need w attention, energy, and social skill - Colorful, Bold, & Mischievous
(-) w Triad that reflects social ineptness and inappropriate affect - Reserved, Excitable, & Cautious
- TRADITION -
High - Role clarity, conservative, principled cultures; Value rules, standards, & stable & predictable work environments. Care about maintaining tradition, custom, and socially acceptable behavior. Be trusting, considerate, even-handed, & good-natured, but also somewhat cautious, set in their ways, & resistant to change.
Low - progress, diversity, autonomy; Prefer to challenge established procedures, change directions quickly, & appreciate diverse viewpoints. Value change, modernity & a progressive style. Prefer a liberal & non-traditional belief system. Prefer modern, dynamic, and flexible work environments; tend to be progressive, unpredictable, flexible, impulsive, & willing to take risks.
