Value Structure and Dimensions: Empirical Evidence from the German World Values Survey
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2009. p. 55-76 (World Values Research; Vol. 2, No. 3).
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T1 - Value Structure and Dimensions
T2 - Empirical Evidence from the German World Values Survey
AU - Held, Maximilian
AU - Müller, Jan
AU - Deutsch, Franziska
AU - Grzechnik, Ewa
AU - Welzel, Christian
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The paper examines the structure and dimensions of four value concepts included in the most recent German World Values Survey (WVS 2006). These value concepts are Inglehart’s postmaterialism concept, a reduced version of the Schwartz Value Inventory (SVI), the concept of value synthesis by Klages & Gensicke, and Inglehart & Welzel’s two-dimensional concept of secular rational and self-expression values. Relating the concepts to each other, we aim at detecting common patterns in individual-level value orientations. We find major similarities: The concepts by Schwartz and Klages & Gensicke form three common factors – two of them overlap with Inglehart’s one-dimensional materialism/ postmaterialism concept. In addition, our results suggest that Inglehart & Welzel’s self-expression values are an underlying factor of Schwartz’s value dimensions, balancing an increasing orientation towards individualism with an altruist orientation.
AB - The paper examines the structure and dimensions of four value concepts included in the most recent German World Values Survey (WVS 2006). These value concepts are Inglehart’s postmaterialism concept, a reduced version of the Schwartz Value Inventory (SVI), the concept of value synthesis by Klages & Gensicke, and Inglehart & Welzel’s two-dimensional concept of secular rational and self-expression values. Relating the concepts to each other, we aim at detecting common patterns in individual-level value orientations. We find major similarities: The concepts by Schwartz and Klages & Gensicke form three common factors – two of them overlap with Inglehart’s one-dimensional materialism/ postmaterialism concept. In addition, our results suggest that Inglehart & Welzel’s self-expression values are an underlying factor of Schwartz’s value dimensions, balancing an increasing orientation towards individualism with an altruist orientation.
KW - Politics
KW - Value structure
KW - value dimensions
KW - value concepts
M3 - Working papers
T3 - World Values Research
SP - 55
EP - 76
BT - Value Structure and Dimensions
ER -