Protestant Work Ethic Endorsement and Social Justice Values in Developing and Developed Societies

Frey, Rosemary; Powell, Lawrence Alfred

doi:10.1177/097133360902100104

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“…But no matter how important public information may be in straightening out misconceptions, western countries rest on a historically robust cultural belief in self‐determination. Citizens with this conviction are in general less inclined to back up social welfare and equality measures and more inclined to stress free enterprise and social Darwinism (31). And indeed, it has been shown that the propensity to attribute obesity to lack of willpower correlates strongly with classic Protestant values (14).…”

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Attitudes to Publicly Funded Obesity Treatment and Prevention

Lund

Sandøe

Lassen

2011

Obesity

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The aim of this study was to investigate the Danish public's support for publicly funded obesity treatment and prevention. It was also examined whether levels of support could be explained by dislike of obese people and/or the belief that those who are obese are personally responsible for their condition. A representative survey of members of the Danish public (N = 1,141) was conducted using a web‐based questionnaire. The survey was designed to assess attitudes to public funding for obesity‐related health care, and to investigate the impact, on those attitudes, of dislike of obese people, the perceived controllability of obesity, self‐reported BMI, and additional attitudinal and socio‐demographic characteristics. Public funding of some obesity treatments, such as weight‐loss surgery, attracted only limited public support. A majority of the Danish public did support “softer” treatment interventions and preventive initiatives. Attitudes to the treatment of obesity were clearly best predicted by the belief that individuals are personally responsible for their own obesity. Dislike of obese persons had no direct effect on the preference for collective treatment initiatives and only a small effect on support for publicly funded obesity prevention. The high level of disapproval for publicly funded obesity treatment should be cause for concern for decision makers aiming to ensure equal access to health care. Since it is the belief that obese people are personally responsible which explains this disapproval, strategies for challenging public opinion on this issue are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes to Publicly Funded Obesity Treatment and Prevention

Lund

Sandøe

Lassen

2011

Obesity

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“…Higher power ethnic groups generally endorse the PWE more so than lower power ethnic groups (Beit-Hallahmi, 1979;Cokley et al, 2007;Cozzarelli, Wilkinson, & Tagler, 2001;Oyserman, Gant, & Ager, 1995; but see Monteith & Spicer, 2000;Tang & Tzeng, 1992). The same effect of group-based power is also true for socioeconomic status (Cokley et al, 2007;Frey & Powell, 2009;Tang & Tzeng, 1992). The evidence is not entirely clear for gender, with some studies showing that men endorse the PWE more so than women (Cozzarelli et al, 2001;Wentworth & Chell, 1997) and other studies showing no gender difference (Christopher & Mull, 2006;Furnham, 1987;Mirels & Garrett, 1971;Tang & Tzeng, 1992).…”

Section: Group-based Power and Endorsement Of Pwementioning

confidence: 87%

“…The PWE states that humans (rather than the divine) control their own destiny and emphasizes that people should work hard as the means to success (Mirels & Garrett, 1971). Many scholars view the PWE as the ideology that gave rise to modern Western capitalist societies (e.g., Weber, 1905Weber, /1958, and endorsement of the PWE no longer is associated with religious affiliation or involvement (Frey & Powell, 2009;McHoskey, 1994; but see Giorgi & Marsh, 1990;H. Jones, Furnham, & Deile, 2010).…”

Section: Protestant Ethic Versus Egalitarianismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, the PWE is endorsed more strongly by people with less, rather than more, education (Christopher & Mull, 2006;Tang & Tzeng, 1992;Wentworth & Chell, 1997; but see Furnham, 1987). Similarly, people in industrially developing countries endorse the PWE more so than people in industrial countries (Frey & Powell, 2009;Furnham et al, 1993). This stronger endorsement may reflect a relative lack of knowledge or legitimacy power that can be used to leverage sustenance needs.…”

Section: Group-based Power and Endorsement Of Pwementioning

confidence: 99%

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The hidden dynamics of discrimination: How ideologies organize power and influence intergroup relations.

Foels¹,

Pratto²

2015

APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, Volume 2: Group Processes.

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“…This intertwining is well refl ected in the papers selected. From concerns of local justice (Mathew & Pellissery 2009) to linking issues of justice to social values (Powell 2009;Frey & Powell 2009), understanding reward and punishment allocations (Krishnan, Varma and Pandey 2009) and issues of justice in the case of the young (Sahoo & Suar 2009) presents a panorama of domains where justice and diversity concerns are salient.…”

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Justice and Diversity

Singh

2009

Psychology and Developing Societies

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Justice and diversity are key concerns that have intrigued me ever since I began my journey as a researcher. In my student days, I often heard senior researchers commenting that people research on issues with which they grapple in life. I now feel they were right. Issues of justice/injustice, deprivation, oppression, discrimination, ethnicity and identity have always touched my heart and, consequently, the researcher in me tried to make sense (in whatever way I could) of the complexities associated with these issues. The quest continues even today. The various faces and colours of justice/injustice, their defi nition, redefi nition, construction and reconstruction and various accompanying ramifi cations have not only attracted my attention but the insights I have got over the years have been a learning experience, both personally and professionally. It has certainly made me more sensitive to these concerns. Closely tied with justice are issues of diversity and for me, the two seem inseparable. For me, justice, diversity and development form an eternal triangle, which most developing societies have to face. Somewhere, in most developing societies, policy makers have failed to align development with social justice and diversity concerns. The World Development Report (2006) argued for bringing equity at the centre stage of the development discourse. Equity in the report was defi ned as consisting of two basic principles-equal opportunity and avoidance of absolute deprivation. The report argues that both are necessary to foster the twin goals of economic growth and empowering the poor and the marginalised, which are the aims of most development

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Protestant Work Ethic Endorsement and Social Justice Values in Developing and Developed Societies

Abstract: Within the Western individualist model that has dominated approaches to "development" in most contemporary societies, an emphasis on personal ambition and individuated rights and freedoms is usually considered to be a

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

Attitudes to Publicly Funded Obesity Treatment and Prevention

Attitudes to Publicly Funded Obesity Treatment and Prevention

The hidden dynamics of discrimination: How ideologies organize power and influence intergroup relations.

Justice and Diversity

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