Work values of the devolved social workers in Cagayan valley region

The organization's system of work values is an important subject matter that needs to be given emphasis in the management of human resources. There is a need to examine very critically one's values to discover management potentials and weaknesses. The challenge of development today cannot merely be economic. The challenge is much profound because it calls for the total upliftment of the quality of man: his material and spiritual life, his intellect, his work, his environment, his dignity (Andres, 1985). Values as individually chosen elements in a person's life are very important. Growth and personal identity are accomplishments when an individual has the opportunity to clarify his attitudes, weigh the priorities operative in the information of those attitudes and come to choose value seeking which please him (Gorosppe, 1998). This study attempted to ascertain the work values of the devolved Social Workers in Cagayan Valley Region. The respondents of the study were composed of 52 devolved Social Workers in Cagayan Valley Region who are connected with the City, first and second-class municipalities. The main instrument used in gathering the data for this study was a questionnaire developed by Vicentita Cervera in her Filipino Work Values Scale. The questionnaire consisted of two parts which covers the socio-demographic profile and work values of the respondents. The descriptive Correlational method of research was used in this study that sought to estimate the relationship between the work values and profileof the devolved Social Workers in Cagayan Valley Region. It also endeavored to find out the direction and extent of relationship between the different variables under study and to determine how much variation is caused by one variable in relationship with the variation caused by another variable. The data gathered were treated and analyzed using the statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, and the Person Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The Filipino Work Values Scale as an instrument designed to determine a person's work values has revealed that the Devolved Social Workers in the area of study have very high work values which shows that Social Workers are service oriented, and they are dynamic and full of life to continue working for the cause of their Clientele. However, it is strongly recommended that training need assessment must be conducted to determine the needs of the Social Workers in line with the different dimension covered by this study and the Social Workers must be encouraged to pursue higher studies to professionally upgrade themselves.