Protestant Work Ethic Scale.

PWE

What it measures

Endorsement of the Protestant work ethic - belief in hard work, self-discipline, frugality, and the moral worth of labour as ends in themselves (independent of religious belief)

Length and format

19 (Mirels & Garrett 1971); short forms exist; later multidimensional versions (e.g. MWEP, 7 dimensions). agreement Likert (e.g. 1-7) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages and used cross-nationally (ES, DE, TR, ZH, AR, and others); a major cross-cultural work-values literature

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Mirels, H. L., & Garrett, J. B. (1971). The Protestant ethic as a personality variable. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 36(1), 40-44.