Study Veenhoven (2000a): study ZZ 1992
- Public
- Adults, general public, 44 nations, early 1990's
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 60000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Inclination
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Work attitude: Data: Hofstede, G. : Cultures and organisations, 1991, Table 3.1 Perceived fate control: Data: Inglehart, R., et al.: Human Values and Beliefs: A Cross-cultural Sourcebook. 1998. World Value Survey 2, item 66
- Operationalization
- Index of inclination to choose, involving
A Work attitude:
Average response to survey questions about importance attached to:
a: job that leaves time for personal life
b: freedom on the job
c: work that gives personal sense of achievement
d: training opportunities
e: good physical working conditions
f: use of skills at the job
Individualism: importance a,b,c > d,e,f
Collectivism: importance a,b,c < d,e,f
B Perceived fate control:
self report on single question:
Some people feel they have completely free choice and control over their lives, while other people feel what they do has no real effect on what happens to them. Please use this scale where 1 means "none at all"and 10 means "a great deal" to indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way your life turns out.