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The Impact of Values, Gender and Education on Creative Behaviour in Different Domains in Russian Regions

Lebedeva, Nadezhda; Bushina, Ekaterina - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

This paper presents results of the research into different types of creative behaviour and their predictors in the Central and North-Caucasus federal districts of Russia (N=2046). The revised PVQ-R questionnaire of Schwartz for values measurement and the modified Creative Behaviour Inventory...

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Successful aging: a cross-national study of subjective well-being later in life

Zelikova, Julia - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This paper aims to identify and analyze the life course and contextual factors that influence the subjective well-being (SWB) of individuals over 60 years of age. Our research is based on the results of the 5th wave of the World Value Survey. We have investigated the level of SWB for older...

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The choice of interpretation as a problem of social epistemology

Porus, Vladimir - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

Social epistemology is a set of attempts to assign a philosophical meaning to sociological studies of cognitive processes within their social context. These attempts are being made through competition of philosophical interpretations. The choice of interpretation is governed by the desire to...

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Values and Attitudes towards Innovation among Canadian, Chinese and Russian Students

Lebedeva, Nadezhda; Schmidt, Peter - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This study investigated relations of basic personal values to attitudes towards innovation among students in Russia, Canada, and Ñhina. Participants completed a questionnaire that included the SVS measure of values (Schwartz, 1992) and a new measure of attitudes towards innovation (Lebedeva,...

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Values of Russians: the Dynamics and Relations towards Economic Attitudes

Lebedeva, Nadezhda; Tatarko, Alexander - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This study has reviewed theoretical and empirical studies of values and behavior. The results of the research of the … behavior were examined. The patterns of these relationships are similar as well as different among the representatives of … for people of different cultures and may have a different impact on attitudes to different types of economic behavior. …

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A validation study of a Russian version of the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) using cognitive interviewing

Panyusheva, Tatiana; Efremova, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

The aim of this study is to validate a Russian version of the Schwartz Value Survey using cognitive interviewing. This paper aims to explore the issue of whether respondents interpret the values proposed in the survey in the way intended by the author. An analysis of the results reveals problems...

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Implicit theories of innovativeness: a cross-cultural analysis

Lebedeva, Nadezhda; Grigoryan, Lusine - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This study reveals and examines cultural differences in values, implicit theories of innovativeness, and attitudes toward innovation across three ethnocultural groups: Russians, representatives of the peoples of North Caucasus (Ingush and Chechens), and Tuvins (N = 801). Individual theories of...

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Modernization and Variations in Emancipative Values in European Societies in 1995-2008: Test of Inglehart’s Socialization Hypothesis

Savelyev, Yuriy - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This paper reveals variations in value change (namely the substitution of materialist priorities for post-materialist) in Europe, and substantiates that post-socialist societies follow a similar path of development to advanced Western Europe. The linear decomposition analysis showed that...

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Friendship And Study Assistance Ties Of University Students

Poldin, Oleg; Valeeva, Diliara; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

We analyze the characteristics of the social networks of students studying in the economics department in one Russian university. We focus on student friendship and study assistance ties and demonstrate how these networks are connected with the individual characteristics of students and their...

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Peer Effects in Exogenously Formed University Student Groups

Androushchak, Gregory; Poldin, Oleg; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

We estimate the influence of classmates’ ability characteristics on student achievement in exogenously formed student groups. The study uses administrative data on undergraduate students at a large selective university in Russia. The presence of high-ability classmates has a positive effect on...

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