Congruence and performance of value concepts in social research

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-24

  Beckers, Tilo ^a   Siegers, Pascal ^a   Kuntz, Anabel ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Portrait Values Questionnaire; Postmaterialism; Self expression values; Value concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875810212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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