Does social context affect value structures? Testing the within-country stability of value structures with a functional theory of values

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Fischer, Ronald ^a   Milfont, Taciano L ^a   Gouveia, Valdiney V ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Social context; Structure of values; Terminal values; Value functions; Values stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952044250     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110396888     Document Type: Article

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