Abstract
The findings in this study attempt to answer the question; do work values change with economic growth? The results, leveraging World Bank income categories indicated substantively significant results were found between World Bank income categories for work ethics, and work priorities except for ‘work authority’. These results indicated that for work ethic, wealthier work grows as countries’ priorities change from having higher motivation to work in poorer economies, to having lower motivation to work in wealthier economies. Work priorities shifted from working for material security/necessity in poorer economies to working for intrinsic needs in wealthier countries.