Operationalizing the theory of human values: Balancing homogeneity of reflective items and theoretical coverage

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-44

  Saris, Willem E ^a   Knoppen, Desirée ^b   Schwartz, Shalom H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

CFA; Composite scores; Human values; Portrait Values Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883643022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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