Personal values in human life.
- Sagiv L School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel. lilach.sagiv@mail.huji.ac.il.
- Roccas S Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, P. O. Box 808, 1 University Road, Raanana, 43107, Israel.
- Cieciuch J University of Zurich, URPP Social Networks, Andreasstrasse 15, CH-8050, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Schwartz SH School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel.
- 2019-04-27
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- Nature human behaviour. - 2017
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The construct of values is central to many fields in the social sciences and humanities. The last two decades have seen a growing body of psychological research that investigates the content, structure and consequences of personal values in many cultures. Taking a cross-cultural perspective we review, organize and integrate research on personal values, and point to some of the main findings that this research has yielded. Personal values are subjective in nature, and reflect what people think and state about themselves. Consequently, both researchers and laymen sometimes question the usefulness of personal values in influencing action. Yet, self-reported values predict a large variety of attitudes, preferences and overt behaviours. Individuals act in ways that allow them to express their important values and attain the goals underlying them. Thus, understanding personal values means understanding human behaviour.
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- DOI 10.1038/s41562-017-0185-3
- PMID 31024134
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