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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationsmong
gender, fields, work values, and decision styles. Subjectsere
258 managers chosen from four fileds--manufacturing;ommerce;
social, personal and related community services;griculture,
forestry, fishing and animal husbandry. The ratiof males to
females was about the same. Each subject was askedo complete a
questionnaire containing scales for measuring workalues and
decision styles. The results showed that subjects made much of
the first sixork values as follows: supervisory relations,
associates,chievement, intellectual stimulation, way of life,
and altruism.hey made little of work values as follows:
esthetics,anagement, variety, economic returns, and
surrounding. Besides,here were significant gender differences
in work values. Ineneral, we found that females put more
emphasis on supervisoryelationsmore than males did, but males
put more emphasis onntellectual stimulation. In different
fields, there were alsoignificant differences in work values.
But the interactionffect, gender by fields, had significant
differences insthetics and creativity. Furthermore, there were
significant gender differences inecision styles. Most females
had a perference for behavioraltyle, but males perfered both
behavioral and directive style.n different fields, there were
not significant differencesxist in managers'' decision styles.
However, different decisiontyles of managers in intellectual
stimulation, indepence, andariety had significant differences
existed. Finally, this studyrovides a valuable reference for an
organization in selectingxcellent managers with appropriate
work values and decisiontyles, thus the function of
organizational management can bettained to maximum.
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