The Structure of Chinese Values : Indigenous and Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

The world needs to improve its understanding of Chinese people's behavior and Chinese culture at the increasing contact zones. Values are the central channel to know and understand Chinese societies, people, and culture. In the context of globalization, values - as one of the cultural cores - p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reading : Paths International Ltd, 2015.
Temas:
Values > China.
Values
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Chapter One General Introduction; 1. 1 Motivation of the Study; 1. 2 Purpose of the Study; 1. 3 Significance of the Study; 1. 4 Research Gaps; 1. 5 Organization of the Book; Chapter Two: Literature Review ; 2. 1 Introduction; 2.2 Key Constructs; 2.3 Culture and Values; 2.4 Values, Language, and Lexicon; 2.5 Fundamental Methodological Issues in Studying Values; 2.6 Chinese-values Studies in Chinese Societies
  • 2.7 Etic Frameworks for Comparing Cultures at the Individual/Cultural Level2.8 A Lexical Approach to Values; 2.9 Critical Evaluation ; 2.10 Chapter Summary; Chapter Three: Research Methodology; 3.1 Introduction; 3. 2 Study One: Development of Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory (LCVI); 3. 3 Study Two: Structuring the Domain of Values in Chinese; 3. 4 Study Three: Confirmatory Factor Analysis; 3. 5 Study Four: Relating to SVS Value Types; 3. 6 Study Five: Assessing Schwartz's Refined Theory (2012) in the Chinese Context; 3.7 Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Four: Summary of Results and General Discussion 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Summary of Results; 4. 3 General Discussion; 4. 4 Chapter Summary; Chapter Five: Conclusion; 5. 1 Major Contributions ; 5. 2 Implications; 5. 3 Research Limitations; 5. 4 Future Research Directions; 5. 5 Chapter Summary; References; Appendices; Appendix 1: Evolution of the SVS from the RVS (Rokeach,1967)and the CVS (CCC,1987); Appendix 2: An open-ended survey question and elicited values; Appendix 3: The Lexically-based Chinese Values Inventory (LCVI); Appendix 4: SVS codings for the SSA 306
  • Appendix 5: Match of the LCVI with CVS (CCC, 1987)and NCVS (Kulich,1997-1998)Appendix 6: Factor loadings and commonality of LCVI value items in the PCA (n =427); Appendix 7: Codings for LCVS and CFA loadings; Appendix 8: SSA Analysis of SVS items (n =836); Appendix 9: SSA analysis of LCVS items (n =427); Appendix 10: PVQ-R with scoring key; Appendix 11: Chinese Version of PVQ-R (Male version); Appendix 12: Standardized regression weights for four dimensions in PVQ-R; Appendix 13: PCA orthogonal factors of 40-item CVS (n =836); Copyright

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