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Parallels between competence‐ versus morality‐related traits and individualistic versus collectivistic values
Author(s) -
WOJCISZKE BOGDAN
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199705)27:3<245::aid-ejsp819>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - morality , collectivism , psychology , social psychology , personality , competence (human resources) , individualism , big five personality traits , value (mathematics) , statistics , epistemology , mathematics , philosophy , political science , law
The distinction between individualistic (IV) and collectivistic (CV) instrumental values was compared to the distinction between competence‐related and moral personality traits. Study 1 ( N =89 students) showed that IV referred mostly to competence and were self‐profitable, whereas CV referred mostly to morality and were other‐profitable in their nature. Therefore, IV were predicted to reach a relatively higher position in the value hierarchy formulated for the self, whereas CV were predicted to rank higher in the value hierarchy formulated for other people. Both hypotheses were confirmed in study 2 ( N =118 high school students) in which subjects ordered 18 instrumental values of the Rokeach Value Survey according to their importance either for themselves, or for other people. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.