Values and Behavior Taking a Cross Cultural Perspective
What are values? How are they different from attitudes, traits, and specific goals? How do our values influence our behavior, and vice versa? How does our culture and environment impact the relationship between values and behavior? These questions and mor
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lues and Behavior Taking a Cross Cultural Perspective
Values and Behavior
Sonia Roccas Lilach Sagiv •
Editors
Values and Behavior Taking a Cross Cultural Perspective
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Editors Sonia Roccas Department of Education and Psychology The Open University of Israel Ra’anana Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-56350-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56352-7
Lilach Sagiv School of Business Administration The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-56352-7
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Preface
Why do some people regularly show kindness to others whereas others react aggressively even to minor provocations? Why do some people consider their work mainly as a means to achieve personal success, whereas others consider it a means to contribute to society and an opportunity for self-fulfillment? Personal values play a crucial role in such behaviors. The chapters in this book address these and other questions regarding the relations of values to behavior, taking a cross-cultural perspective. The construct of values is central to many fields in social sciences and humanities. After years of little attention to values, the last two decades have seen a substantial body of psychological research, investigating the content, structure and consequences of personal values in many cultures. Personal values are defined as abstract desirable goals that are relatively stable over time and across situations, serving as guiding principles for individuals (Kluckhohn 1951; Rokeach 1973; Schwartz 1992). The structure of relationships among values is dyna
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