Value Structure and Dimensions: Evidence from the German World Values Survey. Held, M., Müller, J., Deutsch, F., Grzechnik, E., & Welzel, C. World Values Research, 2(3):55–76, 2009.
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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 Ingle- hart’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 con- cepts to each other, we aim at detecting common patterns in individual-level value ori- entations. We find major similarities: The concepts by Schwartz and Klages & Gensicke form three common factors – two of them overlap with Inglehart’s one-dimensional ma- terialism/postmaterialism concept. In addition, our results suggest that Inglehart & Wel- zel’s self-expression values are an underlying factor of Schwartz’s value dimensions, bal- ancing an increasing orientation towards individualism with an altruist orientation.

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