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1 online resource (354 pages.) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One General Introduction -- 1.1.Motivation of the Study -- 1.2.Purpose of the Study -- 1.3.Significance of the Study -- 1.3.1.Theoretical Significance -- 1.3.2.Methodological Significance -- 1.3.3.Practical Significance -- 1.4.Research Gaps -- 1.5.Organization of the Book -- ch. Two Literature Review -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Key Constructs -- 2.2.1.Culture: Which Aspect and What Level? -- 2.2.2.Values -- 2.3.Culture and Values -- 2.4.Values, Language, and Lexicon -- 2.5.Fundamental Methodological Issues in Studying Values -- 2.5.1.Levels of Analysis -- 2.5.2.Etic and/or Emic -- 2.5.3.Quantitative and/or Qualitative -- 2.5.4.Data Elicitation Methods -- 2.5.5.Sources of Values Descriptors in Major Surveys -- 2.5.6.Data Analytic Techniques in the Empirical Studies of Values -- 2.6.Chinese-values Studies in Chinese Societies -- 2.6.1.Review Studies of Chinese Values in China's Mainland -- 2.6.2.Empirical Studies of Chinese Values in China's Mainland -- 2.6.3.Empirical Studies of Chinese Values at Non-mainland China -- 2.7.Etic Frameworks for Comparing Cultures at the Individual/Cultural Level -- 2.7.1.Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Values Orientation Theory -- 2.7.2.Rokeach's Values Theory -- 2.7.3.Hofstede's 6-dimension Cultural Dimensions -- 2.7.4.Bond's LTO Dimension and CVS -- 2.7.5.Schwartz's Cross-cultural Values Theory -- 2.7.6.Inglehart's Cultural Dimensions -- 2.8.A Lexical Approach to Values -- 2.8.1.Lexical Hypothesis -- 2.8.2.Lexical Approach to Personality Studies -- 2.8.3.Lexical Approach to Values Dimensions in Six Cultures -- 2.9.Critical Evaluation -- 2.9.1.Statement of Problems in Previous Chinese Values Studies -- 2.9.2.Research Hypotheses and Questions -- 2.10.Chapter Summary -- ch. Three Research Methodology -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Study One: Development of Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory (LCVI) -- 3.2.1.Dictionary of Modern Chinese (5th edition) as Source of Value Items -- 3.2.2.Extraction Procedures of Value Descriptors -- 3.2.3.The Pilot Study -- 3.2.4.Comparison with Other Questionnaires -- 3.2.5.Testing Schwartz's Value Types Conceptually -- 3.3.Study Two: Structuring the Domain of Values in Chinese -- 3.3.1.Research Questions -- 3.3.2.Participants -- 3.3.3.Instruments -- 3.3.4.Data Collection -- 3.3.5.Data Analysis -- 3.3.6.Results -- 3.4.Study Three: Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- 3.4.1.Participants -- 3.4.2.Instrument -- 3.4.3.Model Construction for the LCVS -- 3.4.4.Statistics for the Goodness of Fit of the Model -- 3.5.Study Four: Relating to SVS Value Types -- 3.5.1.Research Questions -- 3.5.2.Instruments -- 3.5.3.Data Collection and Analysis -- 3.5.4.Smallest Space Analysis of SVS Items -- 3.5.5.Smallest Space Analysis of LCVS Items -- 3.5.6.Correlations of LCVS Scales and SVS Value Domains -- 3.5.7.Relations between the LCVS and the SVS -- 3.6.Study Five: Assessing Schwartz's Refined Theory (2012) in the Chinese Context -- 3.6.1.Research Questions -- 3.6.2.Participants -- 3.6.3.Instrument -- 3.6.4.Data Collection and Analysis -- 3.6.5.MDS Analysis of the PVQ-R Items -- 3.6.6.Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Four Dimensions -- 3.7.Chapter Summary -- ch. Four Summary of Results and General Discussion -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Summary of Results -- 4.3.General Discussion -- 4.3.1.Establishment of the Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory -- 4.3.2.Emergence of a Five-factor Structure of Chinese Values -- 4.3.3.Comparison with Schwartz's Values Theory -- 4.4.Chapter Summary -- ch. Five Conclusion -- 5.1.Major Contributions -- 5.1.1.Construction of the Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory (Study One) -- 5.1.2.Dimensionality of Chinese Values (Study Two) -- 5.1.3.Development of the LCVS (Study Two and Three) -- 5.1.4.Comparison with Schwartz's Universal Value Types and Structure of Human Values (Study Four) -- 5.1.5.Testing the 19 Refined Value Types (Study Five) -- 5.2.Implications -- 5.2.1.Theoretical Implication -- 5.2.2.Methodological Implication -- 5.2.3.Practical Implication -- 5.3.Research Limitations -- 5.4.Future Research Directions -- 5.5.Chapter Summary -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 Evolution of the SVS from the RVS (Rokeach, 1967) and the CVS (CCC, 1987) -- Appendix 2 An open-ended survey question and elicited values -- Appendix 3 The Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory (LCVI) -- Appendix 4 SVS codings for the SSA -- Appendix 5 Match of the LCVI with CVS (CCC, 1987) and NCVS (Kulich, 1997; 1998) -- Appendix 6 Factor loadings and commonality of LCVI value items in the PC A (n = 427) -- Appendix 7 Codings for LCVS and CFA loadings -- Appendix 8 SSA Analysis of SVS items (n = 836) -- Appendix 9 SSA analysis of LCVS items (n = 427) -- Appendix 10 PVQ-R with scoring key -- Appendix 11 Chinese Version of PVQ-R (Male version) -- Appendix 12 Standardized regression weights for four dimensions in PVQ-R |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Values -- China
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Values
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1844644421 |
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9781844644421 |
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