Comparing the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale in Two Cultures

Switzerland and South Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID7738313
AuthorsChristina Györkös (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, corresponding author), Jürgen Becker (0000-0002-5082-5487, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa), Koorosh Massoudi (0000-0001-9307-1294, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland), Jean‐philippe Antonietti (0000-0003-0117-4769, University of Lausanne), Jean-Philippe Antonietti (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland), Cornelia Pocnet (0000-0002-0158-6053, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland), Gideon P De Bruin (0000-0002-0330-5956, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa), Jérôme Rossier (0000-0002-9924-3672, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Year2013
Volume47
Issue3
Pages310-331
Publication date2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1069397112470371
OpenAlexW2093396511
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited18

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

Collectivism · Confirmatory factor analysis · Geography · Geometry · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Horizontal and vertical · Individualism · Individualistic culture · Political science · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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