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Reflections on Western values in South Africa
Soontiens, Werner Dickie, Carolyn
Soontiens, Werner
Dickie, Carolyn
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Recognition of the world as a ‘global village’ in the latter part of the 20th century, and a political urgency to accomplish a socio-economic transformation in South Africa, resulted in a strong push towards Western values being promoted in individuals to achieve institutional flexibility and congruity. Because South Africa has a prolonged history of overseas people settling in the region, together with ethnic diversity and conflicts, the relevancy of Western values in the traditional or culturally diverse South African environment may be as contentious as their acceptance and implementation. Consequently, the current paper is used to make a preliminary examination of the notion and nature of Western values within a South African framework. Findings suggest that social and community values, as well as environmental values, are deemed to be less important to South Africans than are family life values or job and workplace values. However, although lifestyle values are indicated to be most important, this cluster has a low reliability compared with the high reliability associated with environment values.
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2008
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