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AUTOR(ES) Gideon P. de Bruin , Judith Becker , Jean-Philippe Antonietti , Jérôme Rossier , Christina Györkös , Koorosh Massoudi , Cornelia Pocnet
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
ANO Não informado
TIPO Artigo
DOI 10.1177/1069397112470371
CITAÇÕES 1
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

Resumo

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale (HVIC) and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale (AICS). The sample consisted of 1,403 working individuals from Switzerland ( N = 585) and from South Africa ( N = 818). Principal component factor analyses indicated that a two-factor structure replicated well across the two countries for both scales. In addition, the HVIC four-factor structure replicated well across countries, whereas the responsibility dimension of individualism of the AICS replicated poorly. Confirmatory factor analyses provided satisfactory support to the original theoretical models for both the HVIC and the AICS. Equivalence measurement indices indicated that the cross-cultural replicability properties of both instruments are generally acceptable. However, canonical correlations and correlations between the HVIC and AICS dimensions confirm that these two instruments differ in their underlying meaning of the individualism and collectivism constructs, suggesting that these two instruments assess individualism and collectivism differently.

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