Attribution of value stereotypes as a consequence of group membership: Latvian and Russian students living in Latvia compared

Austers, Ivars

doi:10.1016/s0147-1767(02)00004-4

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“…The motivational goals of power, hedonism, and self-direction values are "social status and prestige, control or dominance over people and resources" (Schwartz, 1992: 9), "pleasure and sensuous gratification for oneself" (Schwartz, 1992: 8), and "independent thought and action -choosing, creating, exploring", respectively (Schwartz, 1992: 6). Economics students in the SSER completed the SVS in English and their counterparts in Latvian universities completed a Latvian version of the survey that was translated by Austers (2002). The Latvian SVS has been shown to exhibit good validity and reliability (Kalnina, 2004;Schwartz, 2006;Tart, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This concerns primarily our value measure as the other variables in our study are assessed via formative indicators which, due to their nature as composites, are unlikely to be affected by translation problems or cultural differences in responses (Graham & Mintu-Wimsat, 1997). We used a Latvian version of the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) that was translated by Austers (2002) and has been shown to have adequate validity and reliability (Kalnina, 2004;Schwartz, 2006;Tart, 2011). Encouragingly, the internal consistencies of power, hedonism and self-direction value measures in Time 1 and 2 were very similar across the student populations of the SSER and the Latvian universities, which is consistent with the results of prior cross-cultural research that supports the equivalence of Schwartz's value measures in different languages (Schwartz, 1992;Spini, 2003;Schwartz & Boehnke, 2004;Grouzet et al, 2005;Fontaine et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Economics Education and Value Change: The Role of Program-Normative Homogeneity and Peer Influence

Racko

Strauss

Burchell

2017

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In the light of corporate scandals and the recent financial crisis, there has been an increased interest in the impact of business education on the value orientations of graduates. Yet our understanding of how students' values change during their time at business school is limited. In this study we investigate the effects of variations in the normative orientations of economics programs. We argue that interaction among economics students constitutes a key mechanism of value socialization, the effects of which are likely to vary across more or less normatively homogeneous economics programs. In normatively homogeneous programs, students are particularly likely to adopt economics values as a result of peer interaction. We specifically explore changes in power, hedonism, and self-direction values in a two-year longitudinal study of economics students (N=197) in a normatively homogeneous and two normatively heterogeneous economics programs. As expected, for students in a normatively homogeneous economics program, interaction with peers was linked with an increase in power and hedonism values, and a decrease in self-direction values. Our findings highlight the interplay between program normative homogeneity and peer interaction as an important factor in value socialization during economics education and have important practical implications for business school leaders.

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Economics Education and Value Change: The Role of Program-Normative Homogeneity and Peer Influence

Racko

Strauss

Burchell

2017

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“…Students completed a Latvian version of SVS translated by Austers (2002). This translation of SVS has good dimensional validity and reliability (Kalnina 2004;Racko 2011).…”

Section: Human Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Values of Economics

Racko

2017

J Bus Ethics

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This study addresses a fundamental concern of research on economic ethics by examining the values of economics. While other studies have linked the study of economics to the adoption of rational economic behavior, this study goes one level deeper, investigating the values that underpin neoclassical economics and whether they are transmitted to students. We find that the study of economics is associated with an increase in hedonism and power values, a decrease self-direction value, and possibly a decrease in universalism value. We measure value change among economics students using a quasi-experimental research design in accordance with the methodology of research on academic socialization. We discuss the practical implications of the internalization of economic values.

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“…Moreover, according to Nagle et al (2000, p. 5) in ex-Soviet republics and in other countries of Eastern Europe a clear popular expectation persisted that the dominant ethnic elite would purposefully disadvantage and perhaps even expel ethnic minorities from long-standing places of work and residence. Therefore, the findings by Austers (2002) in Latvia, which show that representatives of Russian-speaking minority group are more attentive and sensitive to the ethnic majority group across different evaluative attributes, than vice versa, are not surprising.…”

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A national identity perspective on collectivistic attitudes and perception of organisational culture

Vedina

Vadi

2008

Baltic Journal of Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between collectivistic attitudes and organisational culture (OC) perception among Russian-speaking employees in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and to explain the findings from the national identity perspective. Design/methodology/approach -The study applies a survey method and uses the original scales developed at the University of Tartu. Collectivistic attitudes of individuals are grouped according to three levels of relationships, namely, relationships with family, peers (including co-workers), or society. Collectivistic attitudes are measured on five-point Likert-type scale. Perceptions of OC are measured alongside the task and relationship orientations on ten-point Likert-type scale. Findings -Collectivistic attitudes towards one's nation are found to be related to the perception of one's OC on both orientations. It was found that differences in the strength of these relationships in the Latvian sample are associated with the self-reported nationality of the respondents and suggest similar tendencies in the Lithuanian sample. The authors propose that collectivistic attitudes of respondents basing the construction of their national identity on ethnic and linguistic grounds could have stronger positive connections with OC than those of respondents whose national identity formation was based on citizenship and assimilation. Research limitations/implications -Positive emotional connection with society and nation provides ground for supporting organisational tasks and relationships. National identity construction can further influence these relations. Limitations: the proposed relationships are hypothetical and are limited to the Latvian sample. Practical implications -In organisations, human resource strategies should be formulated that support developing or retaining one's sense of national or within-group identity, which will facilitate maintaining strong ties with the organisation. Originality/value -This paper provides insight for managers, academics and students on the role of identity construction in revealing employee attachment to their organisation.

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Attribution of value stereotypes as a consequence of group membership: Latvian and Russian students living in Latvia compared

Cited by 11 publications

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Economics Education and Value Change: The Role of Program-Normative Homogeneity and Peer Influence

Economics Education and Value Change: The Role of Program-Normative Homogeneity and Peer Influence

The Values of Economics

A national identity perspective on collectivistic attitudes and perception of organisational culture

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