How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia
We examined patterns of change and stability in four individual-level higher-order groups of Schwartz personal values among individuals during societal lockdown caused by COVID-19 epidemic. The study involves comparison of personal values of 85 business students during societal lockdown, with their...
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| description | We examined patterns of change and stability in four individual-level higher-order groups of Schwartz personal values among individuals during societal lockdown caused by COVID-19 epidemic. The study involves comparison of personal values of 85 business students during societal lockdown, with their personal values in pre- and post-pandemic periods. Sampled group of individuals includes undergraduate and graduate students from University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia. Contrary to previous publications, our results indicate a decrease of mean-level for all four higher-order groups of individuals’ values during societal lockdown of COVID-19. In the value hierarchy, self-transcendence values remain first, followed by conservation, openness to change, and self-enhancement values. In the period after the COVID-19, personal values again approached their pre-pandemic levels. Self-transcendence and conservation returned close to baseline levels, while openness to change and self-enhancement values exceeded initial pre-epidemic levels. In the value hierarchy, lead openness to change values, followed by the self-transcendence, self-enhancement, and conservation values. We discuss perceived changes in business students’ values due to the COVID-19 pandemic and present their capacities for dealing with potential unfavorable and threatening circumstances in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24231f73e7744218bef2f6a2c449efdb2023-04-14T09:00:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-04-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.987715987715How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in SloveniaVojko PotocanZlatko NedelkoWe examined patterns of change and stability in four individual-level higher-order groups of Schwartz personal values among individuals during societal lockdown caused by COVID-19 epidemic. The study involves comparison of personal values of 85 business students during societal lockdown, with their personal values in pre- and post-pandemic periods. Sampled group of individuals includes undergraduate and graduate students from University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia. Contrary to previous publications, our results indicate a decrease of mean-level for all four higher-order groups of individuals’ values during societal lockdown of COVID-19. In the value hierarchy, self-transcendence values remain first, followed by conservation, openness to change, and self-enhancement values. In the period after the COVID-19, personal values again approached their pre-pandemic levels. Self-transcendence and conservation returned close to baseline levels, while openness to change and self-enhancement values exceeded initial pre-epidemic levels. In the value hierarchy, lead openness to change values, followed by the self-transcendence, self-enhancement, and conservation values. We discuss perceived changes in business students’ values due to the COVID-19 pandemic and present their capacities for dealing with potential unfavorable and threatening circumstances in the future.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.987715/fullpersonal valuesCOVID-19societal lockdownyoung adults (18-25 years old)changing values |
| spellingShingle | Vojko Potocan Zlatko Nedelko How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia Frontiers in Psychology personal values COVID-19 societal lockdown young adults (18-25 years old) changing values |
| title | How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia |
| title_full | How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia |
| title_short | How personal values follow the societal lockdown due to COVID-19: Case of business students in Slovenia |
| title_sort | how personal values follow the societal lockdown due to covid 19 case of business students in slovenia |
| topic | personal values COVID-19 societal lockdown young adults (18-25 years old) changing values |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.987715/full |
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