ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes that immigrants and minority members hold contextualized value systems relevant to the values of the country of residence and of the ethnic-group. The values hold dynamic relations of conflicts and compatibilities among them: action in pursuit of each value has psychological, practical, and social consequences that may hinder or promote the pursuit of other values. The ten value types are organized into two dimensions of higher-order values. The first dimension opposes openness-to-change values, with conservation values. The second dimension contrasts self-enhancement values, with self-transcendence values. Values are conveyed to society members directly, but also through laws, norms, organizational practices, and the media. Contextualized values were measured by assessing the importance of values in different life contexts using the Values-in-Context Questionnaire (VICQ). The VICQ is an adaptation to life contexts of the Schwartz Value Survey.
