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Are individual-level and country-level value structures different?: testing Hofstede's legacy With the Schwartz value survey

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Hofstede identified four value dimensions at the country level but did not find matching dimensions at the individual level. Schwartz discriminated different sets of value constructs at individual and country-levels, based on separate analyses per level. In this article, the authors directly examine the degree of similarity or isomorphism between the structure of values in individual- and country-level analyses, using multidimensional scaling followed by generalized Procrustes analysis. Using data from the Schwartz Value Survey from 53 and 66 countries, the authors find substantial similarity in structure across levels, but indices fall somewhat short of structural isomorphism. The authors then test hypotheses regarding possible causes of the less than perfect isomorphism between the levels. Number of countries (sample size at country level) and structural shifts in individual items account for some of the lack of isomorphism. Implications for future cross-cultural research are discussed.
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isomorphism, values, multi-level, sampling, Hofstede, EQUIVALENCE, CULTURES, Schwartz, UNIVERSAL

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Fischer, Ronald, et al. “Are Individual-Level and Country-Level Value Structures Different?: Testing Hofstede’s Legacy With the Schwartz Value Survey.” JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 41, no. 2, 2010, pp. 135–51, doi:10.1177/0022022109354377.
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Fischer, R., Vauclair, C.-M., Fontaine, J., & Schwartz, S. H. (2010). Are individual-level and country-level value structures different?: testing Hofstede’s legacy With the Schwartz value survey. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, 41(2), 135–151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022109354377
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Fischer, Ronald, C-Melanie Vauclair, Johnny Fontaine, and Shalom H Schwartz. 2010. “Are Individual-Level and Country-Level Value Structures Different?: Testing Hofstede’s Legacy With the Schwartz Value Survey.” JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 41 (2): 135–51. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022109354377.
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Fischer, Ronald, C-Melanie Vauclair, Johnny Fontaine, and Shalom H Schwartz. 2010. “Are Individual-Level and Country-Level Value Structures Different?: Testing Hofstede’s Legacy With the Schwartz Value Survey.” JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 41 (2): 135–151. doi:10.1177/0022022109354377.
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Fischer R, Vauclair C-M, Fontaine J, Schwartz SH. Are individual-level and country-level value structures different?: testing Hofstede’s legacy With the Schwartz value survey. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2010;41(2):135–51.
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R. Fischer, C.-M. Vauclair, J. Fontaine, and S. H. Schwartz, “Are individual-level and country-level value structures different?: testing Hofstede’s legacy With the Schwartz value survey,” JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 135–151, 2010.
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  issn         = {{0022-0221}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY}},
  keywords     = {{isomorphism,values,multi-level,sampling,Hofstede,EQUIVALENCE,CULTURES,Schwartz,UNIVERSAL}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{135--151}},
  title        = {{Are individual-level and country-level value structures different?: testing Hofstede's legacy With the Schwartz value survey}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/0022022109354377}},
  volume       = {{41}},
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