Dubin, Champoux and Porter (1975) found a strong relationship between central life interests of workers and their commitment to the organization. This paper extends their findings by investigating the relationship between work values, defined as the Protestant Ethic of the worker, and commitment to the organization. A distinction is made between moral and calculative commitment, and it is show it that work values are related more to moral than calculative involvement.

In this article the author examines the effectiveness of role playing exercises in research, social work, counseling and other disciplines. The author notes that role playing exercises are defined as a dynamic process that involves participants assuming specified roles and acting out significant events. He discusses some pervious studies on role playing that found that participants expressed greater confidence in their opinions, that attitudes could be changed and that creativity could be bolstered by role playing.