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Moral development in the biographies of skilled industrial workers

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Lempert, Wolfgang

Abstract

This article is based on a longitudinal study of relations between biographical conditions and the personality development of 21 young workers ranging from 23 to 30 years of age who had passed through an apprenticeship in large plants of the metal industry in West Berlin. The biographical analyses f... view more

This article is based on a longitudinal study of relations between biographical conditions and the personality development of 21 young workers ranging from 23 to 30 years of age who had passed through an apprenticeship in large plants of the metal industry in West Berlin. The biographical analyses focused mainly on occupational conditions; the personality analyses, on such socio-cognitive variables as patterns of control awareness and structures of moral judgement. A review of the relevant literature led to the hypothesis that seven social conditions in particular promote development. Data on these conditions were collected continually through in-depth interviews of the workers, observations of their work and information from their superiors, personnel managers and works councils. Data on moral judgement were collected at the beginning and end of the study by confronting the workers with five real-life dilemmas in a semi-structured interview. Before the second series of “moral interviews”, predictions of the individual moral levels of all subjects were derived from their former reasoning and their intermediate biographical experiences. The responses of the interviewees confirmed nearly all the predictions. Occupational experiences appeared to have contributed considerably to moral development in most respondents.... view less

Keywords
personality development; metal industry; social responsibility; young adult; interaction; morality; skilled worker; professional experience; biography; moral judgement

Classification
Social Psychology
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations

Method
empirical

Free Keywords
Biography; Industry

Document language
English

Publication Year
1994

Page/Pages
p. 451-468

Journal
The Journal of Moral Education, 23 (1994) 4

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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