Ks. Larsen et al., AUTHORITARIANISM, PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WORK VALUES AMONG SOCIAL-SCIENCE STUDENTS IN FORMER SOCIALIST AND WESTERN SOCIETIES, Social behavior and personality, 21(3), 1993, pp. 251-263
This is a study on differences between national samples on authoritari
anism, optimism-pessimism on the environment, and work values. 755 und
ergraduate students in social science from the U.S.A.. Bulgaria. Hunga
ry, and Norway responded to a survey. 29% were male, 70% female, with
a mean age of 22.83. Results yielded highly significant differences wi
th respondents from former ''socialist'' societies scoring significant
ly higher on authoritarianism and environmental pessimism. Differences
for work values are significant for 20 of 22 values for both self and
prospective employer. A remarkable finding is the consistency between
national samples for the highest ranked 5 and the lowest ranked 5 val
ues.