Personality Traits and Personal Values:A Meta-Analysis

Personality traits and personal values are important psychological characteristics, serving as important predictors of many outcomes. Yet, they are frequently studied separately, leaving the field with a limited understanding of their relationships. We review existing perspectives regarding the nature of the relationships between traits and values and provide a conceptual underpinning for understanding the strength of these relationships. Using 60 studies, we present a meta-analysis of the relationships between the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits and the Schwartz values, and demonstrate consistent and theoretically meaningful relationships. However, these relationships were not generally large, demonstrating that traits and values are distinct constructs. We find support for our premise that more cognitively based traits are more strongly related to values and more emotionally based traits are less strongly related to values. Findings also suggest that controlling for personal scale-use tendencies in values is advisable

Subliminal influence on generosity

We experimentally subliminally prime subjects prior to charity donation decisions by showing words that have connotations of pro-social values for a very brief time (17ms). Our main fnding is that, compared to a baseline condition, the pro-social prime increases donations by approximately 10-17 percent among subjects with strong pro-social preferences (universalism values). We find a similar effect when interacting the prime with the Big 5 personality characteristic of agreeableness. We furthermore introduce a novel method for testing for priming, "subliminity". This method reveals that some subjects are capable of recognizing prime words, and the overall results are weaker when we control for this capacity

Neuropeptidomics of the Supraoptic Rat Nucleus

The mammalian supraoptic nucleus (SON) is a neuroendocrine center in the brain regulating a variety of physiological functions. Within the SON, peptidergic magnocellular neurons that project to the neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary) are involved in controlling osmotic balance, lactation, and parturition, partly through secretion of signaling peptides such as oxytocin and vasopressin into the blood. An improved understanding of SON activity and function requires identification and characteriza-tion of the peptides used by the SON. Here, small-volume sample preparation approaches are optimized for neuropeptidomic studies of isolated SON samples ranging from entire nuclei down to single magnocellular neurons. Unlike most previous mammalian peptidome studies, tissues are not im-mediately heated or microwaved. SON samples are obtained from ex vivo brain slice preparations via tissue punch and the samples processed through sequential steps of peptide extraction. Analyses of the samples via liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry result in the identification of 85 peptides, including 20 unique peptides from known prohormones. As the sample size is further reduced, the depth of peptide coverage decreases; however, even from individually isolated magnocellular neuroendocrine cells, vasopressin and several other peptides are detected

Academic Cheating, Justification, Values 2016

College students were surveyed about how much they had engaged in various types of academic cheating, as well as whether they considered the behaviors to be cheating. They also answered questions about academic major and personal values

Academic Cheating, Justification, Values 2016

College students were surveyed about how much they had engaged in various types of academic cheating, as well as whether they considered the behaviors to be cheating. They also answered questions about academic major and personal values

Variable Length Values Inventory Scale Development and Use

This dataset includes 5 samples used in scale development of the VLVI, plus a study using the VLVI to examine the impact of values on team performance

The professionalization of human resource management: Examining undergraduate curricula and the influence of professional organizations

This study examines the progress that the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) has made towards becoming a profession by examining the state of undergraduate HRM curricula around the world. Using a sample of 668 business schools that were accredited by either the AACSB or EQUIS, we find that while HRM curricula in the United States have become more similar over time, there remain significant differences in terms of the content included in HRM programs from school to school. In addition, we find that accrediting agencies play an important role in influencing HRM curricula. In particular, the increasing similarity of US programs over the last five years coincides with an increase in the number of schools choosing to align their HR curricula with SHRM curriculum guidelines