Study Veenhoven (1996c): study ZZ 1990

Public

Adults, general public, 48 nations, around 1990

Sample

Respondents

N = 75000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Value: Insecurity avoidance

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: Hofstede, G. : Cultures and organisations, 1991, Table 5.1

Operationalization

Average response to 3 survey questions  among employees of an international company (IBM) in different nations:

a: How often do you feel nervous or tense at work (scores from 1 'I always feel this way' to 5 'I never feel this way')
b: Agreement with: Company rules should not be broken …. Even when employee thinks it is in company's best interest (score on a 1-5 scale)
c: The percentage of employees expressing their intent to stay with the company for a long-term career

Responses combined in a index of  insecurity avoidance

Observed Relation with Happiness