40 adult subjects completed three measures of the Protestant Work Ethic and a multidimensional measure of the Type A behaviour pattern. The only consistent pattern of correlations was between the “hard-driving” subscale of the Type A measure and all three total PWE scores for Protestant Work Ethic. Results are discussed in terms of the constituent parts of both concepts.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BloodM. R. (1969) Work values and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 53, 456–459.
2.
BlumenthalJ. A.McKeeD. C.WilliamsR. B.HarveyT. (1981) Assessment of conceptual tempo in the Type A behavior pattern. Journal of Personality Assessment, 45, 44–51.
3.
CarverC. S.GlassD. C. (1978) Coronary-prone behavior pattern and interpersonal aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 361–366.
4.
ChusmirL. H.HoodJ. A. (1986) Relationships between Type A behavior pattern and motivational needs. Psychological Reports, 58, 783–794.
5.
FoggattK. L.CottonJ. L. (1987) The impact of Type A behavior pattern on role overload-induced stress as performance attribution. Journal of Management, 13, 87–98.
6.
FriedmanH. S.HallJ. A.HarrisM. J. (1985) Type A behavior, nonverbal expressive style, and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 1299–1315.
7.
FurnhamA. (1984) Extraversion, sensation seeking, stimulus screening and Type ‘A’ behavior pattern. Personality and Individual Differences, 5, 133–140.
8.
FurnhamA. (1987) Work related beliefs and human values. Personality and Individual Differences, 8, 627–637.
9.
FurnhamA. (1989) The Protestant work ethic. London: Routledge.
10.
FurnhamA.HillardA.BrewinC. (1985) Type A behavior pattern and attributions of responsibility. Motivation and Emotion, 9, 39–51.
11.
HookerK.BlumenthalJ. A.SieglerI. (1987) Relationships between motivation and hostility among Type A and Type B middle-aged men. Journal of Research in Personality, 21, 103–113.
12.
IrvineJ.LyleR. C.AllenR. O. (1982) Type A personality as psychopathology. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 26, 183–189.
13.
IvancevichJ. M.MattesonM. M. (1988) Type A behavior and the healthy individual. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 61, 37–56.
14.
JenkinsC. D.ZyzanskiS. J.RosenmanR. H. (1971) Progress toward validation of a computer-scored test for the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern. Psychosomatic Medicine, 33, 193–202.
15.
LovallsW. R.PishkinV. (1980) Type A behavior self-involvement automatic activity, and the traits of neuroticism and extraversion. Psychosomatic Medicine, 42, 329–335.
16.
MirelsH. L.GarrettJ. B. (1971) The Protestant ethic as a personality variable. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 36, 40–44.
17.
NowackK. M.SassenrathJ. M. (1980) Coronary-prone behavior, locus of control and anxiety. Psychological Reports, 47, 359–364.
18.
O'KeeffeJ. L.SmithT. W. (1988) Self-regulation and Type A behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 22, 232–251.
19.
OvcharchynC. A.JohnsonH. H.PetzelT. P. (1981) Type A behavior academic aspirations and academic success. Journal of Personality, 49, 248–250.
20.
PriceV. A. (1982) What is Type A? A cognitive social learning model. Journal of Occupational Behaviour, 3, 109–129.
21.
RayJ. J. (1982) The Protestant ethic in Australia. Journal of Social Psychology, 116, 127–138.
22.
SchiraldiG. R.BeckK. B. (1988) Personality correlates of the Jenkins Activity Survey. Social Behaviour and Personality, 16, 109–115.
23.
StrubeM. J.LottC. L. (1984) Time urgency and the Type A behavior pattern: implications for time investment and psychological entrapment. Journal of Research in Personality, 18, 395–409.
24.
WardC. H.EislerR. M. (1987) Type A behavior achievement striving, and a dysfunctional self-evaluation system. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 318–326.
