| Author: | Shih, Lee Ping |
| Title: | How personality traits, fate, and Bazi Ten Archetypes (八字十神) shape work values |
| Advisors: | Cho, Vincent (MM) |
| Degree: | D.B.A. |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Subject: | Fortune-telling by birthdays -- China Personality Work ethic -- China Employees -- China -- Attitudes Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Faculty of Business |
| Pages: | 380 pages : color illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | This study examines whether integrating the BaZi Ten Archetypes (八字十神) with the Big Five shows a statistically significant impact on employees’ work values categories—Intrinsic Work Values, Extrinsic Work Values, Social Work Values, and Prestige Work Values—beyond demographics and the Big Five alone. In a cross-sectional survey of 621 Chinese professionals, participants completed a standardized Big Five inventory and a work values questionnaire. BaZi Ten-Archetype indicators were deduced from participant-reported date of birth (DOB) and verified against identification where available, with the Hour pillar excluded; these indicators were examined alongside Big Five traits and the cultural-belief constructs—Fate orientation and Face concern. Using additive models (no interactions tested), BaZi indicators showed statistically significant impacts on all four work values categories, controlling for demographics and the Big Five (p < .05). Notably, Direct Officer (正官; year pillar) showed positive, statistically significant impacts across all four domains in this Chinese professional sample, while effects of the Big Five remained substantive. These results indicate that a culturally grounded archetype profile can complement established Western trait measures to profile work values priorities more precisely. The design is cross-sectional, relies on self-reports for survey measures, and the sample is predominantly Chinese; generalizations should therefore be made with caution. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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