Work Values of Successful
Filipinos
Source: F. Landa Jocano
IDEA OF WORK
trabaho gawain hanapbuhay
Propesyon/
namamasukan
okupasyon
Values
Standard for excellence
Concepts of the desirable
Prescription for action
Ideals to be achieved
Internalized ideas and feelings commonly
shared
Serve as bases for making choices, preferences and
actions
Constitute what is ethically good and
morally upright
Values
Best expressed in the actions we do
The way we understand the events we
experience
We do because we accept the standards of
excellence
We are punished if we violate the standard, we
are rewarded if we observe them
Work performance
Competence is matter of attitude
High performers have positive attitude
Gain satisfaction in completing difficult
tasks and find ways in accomplishing
challenges
Success
The attainment of a good
Accomplishment of a task
Results from a series of
progressive realizations of a
worthy ideal
Success
• Level of achievement one attains thru
hardwork, industry, perseverance
• Not because they are told so
• Altitude is determined by attitude
• Make sure you ‘walk the talk’
Shared orientations of successful workers
Work values Strategic foci Techniques
Positive self- Hard work/ Continuous
image patience improvement
Integrity Perseverance Involvement
Advocacy Teamwork Networking
Commitment Risk taking Fortitude
Work values
Lantay na
pananaw
(positive self-
image)
Pagkukusa
Kagitingan
(integrity) (initiative/
advocacy)
Katapatan
(commitment)
Shared strategic foci
Hard work
(kasipagan)
Perseverance
Teamwork
(pagpupunyagi
(bayanihan)
)
Sapalaran
(risk taking)
Shared techniques
Continuous
improvement
(pagpapahusay
)
Networking Involvement
(pag-ugnay) (pakikilahok)
Fortitude (Lakas-
loob/ tatag)
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