On the Role of Security in the System of Personal Values:Are Conservatives Prioritizing Security?

Security is a value contained in most theories of personal values.Yet,while the relations among the most basic values are clear and reliable,the role of security in the system of values remains ambiguous.People striving for security are often also striving for tradition and conformity but sometimes they are focusing more on other values(such as health values,for example).Based on eight representative surveys(N=24,000)in several German cities between 1998 and 2022,the author shows that when measuring security without suggesting a particular meaning of this notion,security takes a relatively central position within the system of values and their components(shown by multidimensional scaling,MDS).People striving for security also emphasize the importance of law and order,working hard,and having a good family life as guiding principles in their lives.Conformity is not that important for them,and having an exciting life is even negatively correlated.Age has little impact on the MDS structure of values and their components,even though people exhibit substantial changes in the relative weights they assign to many values as they get older.

Inside and Outside Perspectives on the Relation of People’s Personal Values and Their Acceptance of Legal Norms

Based on a representative survey on crime prevention,this paper studies how personal values are related to persons’acceptance of legal norms(LNA).We here take a closer look at these relations than previous research.Offenses,in particular,are classified into different offense types,and the persons’ratings are studied both as observed and as individually centered data.It is found that conservation-oriented persons give higher and less differentiated badness ratings to all offenses than persons striving for hedonism and stimulation.The correlational structure of basic personal values and norm acceptance ratings for 14 different offenses,when represented via multidimensional scaling,exhibits that conservation orientation becomes a better predictor of LNA of all offense types if it is augmented by an additional value,peace of mind.When looking at centered ratings(i.e.,controlling for each person’s mean ratings),social values become the best predictors of offenses such as tax evasion,benefits fraud,or taking bribes.Statements on the impact of personal values on general norm acceptance should,therefore,be replaced with more differentiated relations on how particular values are related to people’s attitudes towards particular offenses.

On People’s Worries about Becoming a Victim of Events or Conditions Often Blamed on Those up There

The authors study people’s worries about becoming victimized by events and conditions often blamed on“those up there”.Excessive worries are bad for people’s performance because they lead to risk avoidance and lower self-confidence.In two representative surveys conducted in Germany,it is found that victimization concerns are positively correlated with people’s gender,previous victimization,their estimated likelihood of being victimized,their fear of crime,their crime-avoidance behavior,their striving for tradition and security,and their negative attitudes toward crimes.Negative correlations are found for people’s education,their striving for universalism,and their social capital.When considering all predictors combined,people’s expected likelihood to become victimized is found to be the optimal predictor of victimization concerns.It is recommended that management concentrates on setting realistic levels of such risk estimates to avoid negative effects on people’s performance.

Sensitivity of Personal Account Accumulated Value of New Rural Social Pension Insurance to Variation of Uncertainties

The personal account of new rural social pension insurance raises funds in the form of individual premium-paying,collectively pooled subsidy and government subsidy.The personal account accumulated value has a decisive influence on the payment level of personal account pension.The personal account accumulated value has a direct or indirect relationship with the income level of farmers,premium-paying level,the insured period,investment return rate of funds and other factors.Analysing the impact of infinitesimal variation of these factors on accumulated value of personal account pension,is of great significance to improving and consolidating personal account,and achieving sustainable development of new rural social pension insurance.

Mountain Adventure Tourism： Effect of Personal Value Over Constraint for Its Growth： Case of Kangwon-do

The purpose of this research is to examine mountain adventure constraints in relation to personal value attachment of the mountaineering activities. ＂Mountain adventure tourism＂ encloses recreational activities which are characterized by high-risk seeking and participation constraints. However, the sector contributes significantly to the relief of isolation and the mental challenge of eradicating boredom. Selecting Kangwon-do in South Korea as a case study, this study attempts to develop a new approach to enhancing growth in mountaineering participation. Since mountaineering is a business enterprise, it can enhance its revenue and attract participation growth through personal value innovation and capitalizing on the personal value of both mountaineers and non-mountaineers. Acknowledging the presence of constraints such as risk in mountaineering participation, the researchers predict that personal value would be a neutralizer to the constraints for ＂mountain adventure tourism＂ participation. Additionally, personal value would be a pull factor for pursuing the risk in mountain adventure tourism and constraints minimization will be more effective regarding mountaineering participation, if an individual＇s personal value for the adventure is high.