P Akaliyski
Biographic Data
| ID | 6676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Akaliyski |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Akaliyski |
| SIGNATURE | AKALIYSKI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0157-0246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Mind the Gap
The link between economic inequality and individual well-being has been gaining increasing research attention. This study examines this relationship using data from 71 countries with diverse national incomes, addressing three key research gaps: (1) incorporating measures of both perceived and objective economic inequality, (2) extending analysis to multiple components of well-being beyond happiness, including meaning in life, harmony, and spiritu…
Individualism–collectivism
Individualism-collectivism (I-C), the most widely researched cultural dimension, is often equated with Hofstede's pioneering nation scores. Concerns are growing about these scores' validity, but subsequent research has not produced a widely accepted alternative. Here, we offer a refined theoretical conceptualization of I-C, we systematically reevaluate the validity of Hofstede's I-C scores, and we report the development and validation of a new I-…
New developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism
Development, Institutions, and Identity
Post–Cold War Europe has become a scene of a grueling contestation over questions of morality, with key players being the EU and Russia. The legacy of the Cold War on the moral beliefs of European nations and their transformation over the last three decades requires an examination. We advance theory toward the potential role of development, institutions , and identity , associated with the Cold War division and continued differentiation at presen…
The main global cultural differences today evolved from environment-related historical agricultural patterns
Love beyond east and west
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
Love, culture, and well-being
Cultural Egalitarianism Moderates the Link Between ICT Use and Job Satisfaction
Prior research on the relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use and job satisfaction has shown inconsistencies. This warrants retesting the relationship with larger, more representative multinational samples, and considering potential moderating factors, such as national culture. Using data from two multinational surveys (28 countries/regions and 32 countries/regions, respectively), we examine the relationship betwee…
Non-Independence of Nations
We revisit a critical problem of cross-cultural research: the non-independence of nations arising from shared ancestry and joint cultural diffusion. Recent review highlighted that few published cross-cultural studies attempt to control for such non-independence, often doing so inefficiently. This may compromise causal claims derived from such analyses. We reassess the problem and caution against using a one-size-fits-all "remedy" for non-independ…
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Intercultural experience facilitates majority-group acculturation through ethnocultural empathy
Comparative Culturology and Cross-Cultural Psychology
Cross-cultural research in social and behavioral sciences has expanded hugely over the past 50 years, but progress is currently hampered by a lack of appreciation of the profoundly differing principles and goals of two distinct traditions. The first is the main variant of cross-cultural psychology (CCP), focusing on how culture shapes individual psychological functioning. The second was pioneered by Hofstede. It studies societal differences, and …
Values in Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on societies, with possible consequences for their fundamental values. Inglehart's revised modernization theory links societal values to the underlying subjective sense of existential security in a given society (scarcity hypothesis), while also claiming that influences on values diminish once individuals reach adulthood (socialization hypothesis). An acute existential crisis such as the COVID-19 pa…
Distinct Conceptions of Freedom in East Asia and the Protestant West Underpin Unique Pathways of Societal Development
Western theories of modernization and cultural change suppose that socioeconomic development fosters support for freedom and equality in all societies. Cultural relativism and “Asian Values” thesis challenge such theories of universal human development by arguing that East Asian societies’ cultural legacies predispose them to a distinct pathway of cultural and societal development. This study uses nationally representative data from the World Val…
Ukrainian values
An important question in understanding the war in Ukraine is whether Russian President Putin's claim that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’ or whether the statement made by European Union Commission President von der Leyen, echoing Ukrainian government's position, that Ukraine is ‘one of us’ receives more support. In our contribution, we assess the societal values endorsed in Ukraine, and test whether they resemble those of Russia or Weste…
A “Harsh” Culture, Alcoholism, Climate, and Social Hardship Explain National Differences in Suicide Rates
Suicide is a major cause of death in Central and Northeast Europe and Northeast Asia. The literature on this geographic pattern has not reached consensus. The authors propose an analysis of the view that national culture may be a risk factor. They use measures of culture from a quasi-nationally representative 2015–2016 database, with over 50,000 respondents from 53 countries, and WHO suicide data for 2016. A correlation analysis across items reve…
The weight of culture
On “Nationology”
Nations have been questioned as meaningful units for analyzing culture due to their allegedly limited variance-capturing power and large internal heterogeneity. Against this skepticism, we argue that culture is by definition a collective phenomenon and focusing on individual differences contradicts the very concept of culture. Through the “miracle of aggregation,” we can eliminate random noise and arbitrary variation at the individual level in or…
Convergence or divergence? A multilevel analysis of political values in 18 EU countries 1990–2017
A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Against this backdrop, we analyse European Values Study data from 1990 till 2020 to assess the level and change in publics’ acceptance of the EU’s officially propagated values: personal freedom, individual autonomy, social solidarity, ethnic tolerance, civic honesty, gender equality and liberal…
Clashing Values
Soon after the collapse of Soviet-type communism in Central and Eastern Europe, a new geopolitical division began to reshape the continent. Our study demonstrates that this newly emerging geopolitical divide has been underpinned by a corresponding cultural divergence, of which “emancipative values” are the most powerful marker. Using the European Values Study/World Values Survey 1990 to 2014, we find that the former Iron Curtain no longer constit…
United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates
The European Union (EU) is considered to be a unique economic and political union that integrates most European countries. This article focuses on the cultural aspect of European integration, which has been increasingly debated over the course of deepening and widening integration and in the context of the legitimation crisis of the EU. Among the main goals of the EU is to promote certain values, which raises the question of whether it has been e…
Sources of Societal Value Similarities across Europe
Focusing on Europe, this article aims to disentangle the patterns of cultural clustering and to throw more light on concepts such as ‘civilizations’ and ‘cultural zones.’ Cross-cultural analyses unanimously find that various historical background and socioeconomic indicators are strongly correlated to societal values, however, a systematic investigation on what makes societal cultures similar and different hasn’t been conducted. The author first …
Non-linear relationship between maternal work hours and child body weight
United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates
The European Union (EU) is considered to be a unique economic and political union that integrates most European countries. This article focuses on the cultural aspect of European integration, which has been increasingly debated over the course of deepening and widening integration and in the context of the legitimation crisis of the EU. Among the main goals of the EU is to promote certain values, which raises the question of whether it has been e…
A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Against this backdrop, we analyse European Values Study data from 1990 till 2020 to assess the level and change in publics’ acceptance of the EU’s officially propagated values: personal freedom, individual autonomy, social solidarity, ethnic tolerance, civic honesty, gender equality and liberal…
Clashing Values
Soon after the collapse of Soviet-type communism in Central and Eastern Europe, a new geopolitical division began to reshape the continent. Our study demonstrates that this newly emerging geopolitical divide has been underpinned by a corresponding cultural divergence, of which “emancipative values” are the most powerful marker. Using the European Values Study/World Values Survey 1990 to 2014, we find that the former Iron Curtain no longer constit…
Sources of Societal Value Similarities across Europe
Focusing on Europe, this article aims to disentangle the patterns of cultural clustering and to throw more light on concepts such as ‘civilizations’ and ‘cultural zones.’ Cross-cultural analyses unanimously find that various historical background and socioeconomic indicators are strongly correlated to societal values, however, a systematic investigation on what makes societal cultures similar and different hasn’t been conducted. The author first …
New developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism
Intercultural experience facilitates majority-group acculturation through ethnocultural empathy
The weight of culture
Values in Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on societies, with possible consequences for their fundamental values. Inglehart's revised modernization theory links societal values to the underlying subjective sense of existential security in a given society (scarcity hypothesis), while also claiming that influences on values diminish once individuals reach adulthood (socialization hypothesis). An acute existential crisis such as the COVID-19 pa…
Comparative Culturology and Cross-Cultural Psychology
Cross-cultural research in social and behavioral sciences has expanded hugely over the past 50 years, but progress is currently hampered by a lack of appreciation of the profoundly differing principles and goals of two distinct traditions. The first is the main variant of cross-cultural psychology (CCP), focusing on how culture shapes individual psychological functioning. The second was pioneered by Hofstede. It studies societal differences, and …
Ukrainian values
An important question in understanding the war in Ukraine is whether Russian President Putin's claim that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’ or whether the statement made by European Union Commission President von der Leyen, echoing Ukrainian government's position, that Ukraine is ‘one of us’ receives more support. In our contribution, we assess the societal values endorsed in Ukraine, and test whether they resemble those of Russia or Weste…
Non-linear relationship between maternal work hours and child body weight
Development, Institutions, and Identity
Post–Cold War Europe has become a scene of a grueling contestation over questions of morality, with key players being the EU and Russia. The legacy of the Cold War on the moral beliefs of European nations and their transformation over the last three decades requires an examination. We advance theory toward the potential role of development, institutions , and identity , associated with the Cold War division and continued differentiation at presen…
Love beyond east and west
Convergence or divergence? A multilevel analysis of political values in 18 EU countries 1990–2017
Sources of Societal Value Similarities across Europe
Focusing on Europe, this article aims to disentangle the patterns of cultural clustering and to throw more light on concepts such as ‘civilizations’ and ‘cultural zones.’ Cross-cultural analyses unanimously find that various historical background and socioeconomic indicators are strongly correlated to societal values, however, a systematic investigation on what makes societal cultures similar and different hasn’t been conducted. The author first …
Non-linear relationship between maternal work hours and child body weight
United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates
The European Union (EU) is considered to be a unique economic and political union that integrates most European countries. This article focuses on the cultural aspect of European integration, which has been increasingly debated over the course of deepening and widening integration and in the context of the legitimation crisis of the EU. Among the main goals of the EU is to promote certain values, which raises the question of whether it has been e…
Clashing Values
Soon after the collapse of Soviet-type communism in Central and Eastern Europe, a new geopolitical division began to reshape the continent. Our study demonstrates that this newly emerging geopolitical divide has been underpinned by a corresponding cultural divergence, of which “emancipative values” are the most powerful marker. Using the European Values Study/World Values Survey 1990 to 2014, we find that the former Iron Curtain no longer constit…
On “Nationology”
Nations have been questioned as meaningful units for analyzing culture due to their allegedly limited variance-capturing power and large internal heterogeneity. Against this skepticism, we argue that culture is by definition a collective phenomenon and focusing on individual differences contradicts the very concept of culture. Through the “miracle of aggregation,” we can eliminate random noise and arbitrary variation at the individual level in or…
Convergence or divergence? A multilevel analysis of political values in 18 EU countries 1990–2017
A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Against this backdrop, we analyse European Values Study data from 1990 till 2020 to assess the level and change in publics’ acceptance of the EU’s officially propagated values: personal freedom, individual autonomy, social solidarity, ethnic tolerance, civic honesty, gender equality and liberal…
A “Harsh” Culture, Alcoholism, Climate, and Social Hardship Explain National Differences in Suicide Rates
Suicide is a major cause of death in Central and Northeast Europe and Northeast Asia. The literature on this geographic pattern has not reached consensus. The authors propose an analysis of the view that national culture may be a risk factor. They use measures of culture from a quasi-nationally representative 2015–2016 database, with over 50,000 respondents from 53 countries, and WHO suicide data for 2016. A correlation analysis across items reve…
The weight of culture
Distinct Conceptions of Freedom in East Asia and the Protestant West Underpin Unique Pathways of Societal Development
Western theories of modernization and cultural change suppose that socioeconomic development fosters support for freedom and equality in all societies. Cultural relativism and “Asian Values” thesis challenge such theories of universal human development by arguing that East Asian societies’ cultural legacies predispose them to a distinct pathway of cultural and societal development. This study uses nationally representative data from the World Val…
Ukrainian values
An important question in understanding the war in Ukraine is whether Russian President Putin's claim that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’ or whether the statement made by European Union Commission President von der Leyen, echoing Ukrainian government's position, that Ukraine is ‘one of us’ receives more support. In our contribution, we assess the societal values endorsed in Ukraine, and test whether they resemble those of Russia or Weste…
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Intercultural experience facilitates majority-group acculturation through ethnocultural empathy
Comparative Culturology and Cross-Cultural Psychology
Cross-cultural research in social and behavioral sciences has expanded hugely over the past 50 years, but progress is currently hampered by a lack of appreciation of the profoundly differing principles and goals of two distinct traditions. The first is the main variant of cross-cultural psychology (CCP), focusing on how culture shapes individual psychological functioning. The second was pioneered by Hofstede. It studies societal differences, and …
Values in Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on societies, with possible consequences for their fundamental values. Inglehart's revised modernization theory links societal values to the underlying subjective sense of existential security in a given society (scarcity hypothesis), while also claiming that influences on values diminish once individuals reach adulthood (socialization hypothesis). An acute existential crisis such as the COVID-19 pa…
Individualism–collectivism
Individualism-collectivism (I-C), the most widely researched cultural dimension, is often equated with Hofstede's pioneering nation scores. Concerns are growing about these scores' validity, but subsequent research has not produced a widely accepted alternative. Here, we offer a refined theoretical conceptualization of I-C, we systematically reevaluate the validity of Hofstede's I-C scores, and we report the development and validation of a new I-…
New developments in Hofstede’s Individualism-Collectivism
Development, Institutions, and Identity
Post–Cold War Europe has become a scene of a grueling contestation over questions of morality, with key players being the EU and Russia. The legacy of the Cold War on the moral beliefs of European nations and their transformation over the last three decades requires an examination. We advance theory toward the potential role of development, institutions , and identity , associated with the Cold War division and continued differentiation at presen…
The main global cultural differences today evolved from environment-related historical agricultural patterns
Love beyond east and west
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
Love, culture, and well-being
Cultural Egalitarianism Moderates the Link Between ICT Use and Job Satisfaction
Prior research on the relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use and job satisfaction has shown inconsistencies. This warrants retesting the relationship with larger, more representative multinational samples, and considering potential moderating factors, such as national culture. Using data from two multinational surveys (28 countries/regions and 32 countries/regions, respectively), we examine the relationship betwee…
Non-Independence of Nations
We revisit a critical problem of cross-cultural research: the non-independence of nations arising from shared ancestry and joint cultural diffusion. Recent review highlighted that few published cross-cultural studies attempt to control for such non-independence, often doing so inefficiently. This may compromise causal claims derived from such analyses. We reassess the problem and caution against using a one-size-fits-all "remedy" for non-independ…
Mind the Gap
The link between economic inequality and individual well-being has been gaining increasing research attention. This study examines this relationship using data from 71 countries with diverse national incomes, addressing three key research gaps: (1) incorporating measures of both perceived and objective economic inequality, (2) extending analysis to multiple components of well-being beyond happiness, including meaning in life, harmony, and spiritu…
Cultural Differences and Values (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works)