Original scientific paper

Changing Values Among Argentine and American Nurses

Jiri Kolaja
Adolfo Critto

Abstract

This article is based upon the data of questioning carried out in 1964 in an American and an Argentine hospital. The authors assumed that Argentine and American nurses could be compared in terms of changes which have already been heralded by the American case. In order to measure the hypothesized difference in values, they used three pattern — variables each operating in one hypothesis, i. e. affectivity — affective neutrality, diffuseness — specificity, and particularism — universalism. However, the results showed that the hypothesis No. 1 and No. 3 had to be rejected, i. e. Argentine nurses tended to share more neutral affectivity and universal criteria than their American counterparts. Neither has hypothesis No. 2 been fully proved.
After a full interpretation of the material the authors conclude that modernization conceptualized in terms of Parsons pattern — variables does not occur directly on behavioral level, but through an intermediate stage, normatively and ideally conceived.

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Hrčak ID:

156508

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156508

Publication date:

30.6.1973.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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