@techreport{347d2b6fdb8f4d44b20b5a6dd660d129,
title = "Value Structure and Dimensions: Empirical Evidence from the German World Values Survey",
abstract = "The paper examines the structure and dimensions of four value concepts included in the most recent German World Values Survey (WVS 2006). These value concepts are Inglehart{\textquoteright}s postmaterialism concept, a reduced version of the Schwartz Value Inventory (SVI), the concept of value synthesis by Klages \& Gensicke, and Inglehart \& Welzel{\textquoteright}s two-dimensional concept of secular rational and self-expression values. Relating the concepts to each other, we aim at detecting common patterns in individual-level value orientations. We find major similarities: The concepts by Schwartz and Klages \& Gensicke form three common factors – two of them overlap with Inglehart{\textquoteright}s one-dimensional materialism/ postmaterialism concept. In addition, our results suggest that Inglehart \& Welzel{\textquoteright}s self-expression values are an underlying factor of Schwartz{\textquoteright}s value dimensions, balancing an increasing orientation towards individualism with an altruist orientation.",
keywords = "Politics, Value structure, value dimensions, value concepts",
author = "Maximilian Held and Jan M{\"u}ller and Franziska Deutsch and Ewa Grzechnik and Christian Welzel",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
series = "World Values Research",
publisher = "World Values Survey Association",
number = "3",
pages = "55--76",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "World Values Survey Association",
}