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Value Structure Among Students and Steelworkers 1
Author(s) -
Koivula Nina,
Verkasalo Markku
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00041.x
Subject(s) - psychology , value (mathematics) , social psychology , portrait , sample (material) , test (biology) , mathematics education , statistics , mathematics , art , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology , art history
The two‐dimensional value structure postulated in Schwartz's (1992) theory has previously found support in samples of teachers and university students, but groups with other professions or low educational level have been understudied. The current study employed the 40‐item Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ; Schwartz et al., 2001), multidimensional scaling, and transformation analysis to test the universality of the value structures among manual workers ( n =815) and white‐collar workers ( n =459) in a Finnish steel company. Also, the validity of the instrument was confirmed by comparing the current PVQ sample of Finnish university students ( n =309) and a previous sample of Finnish university students ( n =615) studied with the original Schwartz Value Survey. The value structures of the steel workers followed Schwartz's theoretical model, regardless of the educational level, except for the security value.