Expanding Links Between Work Values and Occupations: Development of the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI)

Nicholas F. Heimpel, Kevin Hoff, Zihan Liu, Chu Chu, Frederick L. Oswald, James Rounds, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Department of Management, and Operations, University of Illinois at Springfield, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University

Journal of Career Assessment

Published online on April 21, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Career Assessment, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 311-329, May 2026.
This research developed the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI), a 30-item measure that expands the content coverage of work values by linking into a broad range of O*NET occupational descriptors, including Work Activities and Work Contexts, along with ...