Sixteen‐Year‐Old's Image of Work

Abstract

This paper reports on the job expectations and perceptions and attitudes to work of 244 sixteen‐year‐olds who left school in 1975. They completed questionnaires during their last term at school and again during the year after leaving school. The prediction that their expectations of work quality would be higher than their perceptions was not supported. Nor was there found to be widespread dissatisfaction with work. Their training and induction to work are considered, as well as their opinions of the relationship between management and workers. Their views on industrial democracy are reported and the implications of the results are discussed.

Citation

Paul, L. (1979), "Sixteen‐Year‐Old's Image of Work", Personnel Review, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 10-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055371