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Personal values in human life

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  • Lilach Sagiv

    (School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus)

  • Sonia Roccas

    (The Open University of Israel)

  • Jan Cieciuch

    (University of Zurich, URPP Social Networks
    Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)

  • Shalom H. Schwartz

    (School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus)

Abstract

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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  • Lilach Sagiv & Sonia Roccas & Jan Cieciuch & Shalom H. Schwartz, 2017. "Personal values in human life," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 1(9), pages 630-639, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:1:y:2017:i:9:d:10.1038_s41562-017-0185-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0185-3
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