Philadelphia Work Values Inventory (PWVI)

Advancement: Clear advancement tracks within the organization or ample opportunities for promotion.

Autonomy: The ability to do things on your own, at your own pace, and in line with your own standards.

Balance: The ability to avoid conflicts between family considerations, career objectives, and individual goals.

Benefits: Access to the use of health insurance, a retirement plan, stock options, fitness club memberships, etc.

Challenge: The opportunity to overcome difficult obstacles and solve difficult problems.

Commute: The amount of time you are willing to spend traveling to and from your place of employment.

Company Loyalty: Receiving awards for your dependability and long-term contributions.

Competition: Having a high degree of competition with the organization you work for or between rival organizations.

Creativity: The ability to make something that has not previously existed; being able to identify new approaches to doing something.

Decision Making: Having power to decide course of action.

Excitement: Working in an environment that takes you beyond standard comfort levels.

Expertise: Possessing specific abilities or knowledge not common to other employees.

Family: Having the flexibility for family life within the framework of the work environment.

Flexibility: The ability to adjust schedules, routines, and procedures without seeking approval.

Honesty: Working in an environment where there is an expectation of truth.

Hours: Having set hours with little requirement for overtime.

Independence: Being able to perform daily functions unsupervised.

Innovation: Having the ability to use cutting edge or pioneering technologies or techniques.

Intellectual Stimulation: Work which provides opportunity for independent thinking and for learning how and why things work.

Interpersonal Contact: Having frequent day-to-day contact with the public, co-workers, or others.

Leadership: Having the opportunity and capacity to guide and shepherd others.

Leisure: Having the ability to allocate personal time for such things as relationships and hobbies.

Order: Having structure and clear lines of communication within an organization.

Organizational Ethics: Working for an employer who values integrity and honesty.

Parking Availability: The ability to drive to work and to park there without significant hassle or expense.

Peace: Being in an environment that offers tranquility, comfort, and where you can avoid pressure.

Personal Growth: Having opportunities for self-exploration at work that contribute to other areas of your life.

Physical Challenge: Conquering challenges through the use of physical capacity.

Power: Having opportunities for influence within your profession, field, or organization.

Precision: Work that requires attention to detail and has low lenience for error.

Pressure: Having constant deadlines, time demands, and challenges.

Prestige: Being viewed by others with honor; being acknowledged as an 'expert' in your field.

Pride: Having self-respect and taking personal satisfaction in completed work.

Professional Growth: Having opportunities for on-going learning and development within your specific profession.

Public Transportation: Having access to timely, efficient, and affordable community-funded transportation.

Recognition: Receiving visible and public notice for achievements, work tasks, academic honors, community service, etc.

Respect: Having a sense of value and worth to the organization.

Risk: Having the willingness to forego security to achieve a desired goal.

Routine: Work that provides an environment with predictable work projects and tasks.

Safety: Having a workplace and surrounding neighborhood free from violence and crime.

Salary: Work which pays well, offers periodic raises, and enables a comfortable standard of living.

Security: Being assured of job stability, salary, and/or benefits.

Service: Contributing to the well-being of others.

Social Atmosphere: Forming friendships and warm working relationships within the organization.

Social Contribution: Positively influencing others and society as a whole through your work.

Stability: Working in an unchanging, predictable career field.

Status: Achieving a level of prestige, respect, admiration, or glamour as a result of your work.

Team Environment: Relying on teamwork and group efforts to achieve results.

Travel: Having the opportunity to go to different geographic locations to accomplish your job.

Variety: Work which provides an opportunity to do different types of tasks, and being free from routine.

Visual Results: Creating or building things; producing tangible results.