(c) 2007 Henk Vinken http://www.henkvinken.nl New content on henkvinken.nl en-us Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:45:43 GMT http://www.henkvinken.nl/pdfs/PubHV01Feb07.pdf http://www.henkvinken.nl/pdfs/PubHV01Feb07.pdf Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:45:43 GMT Directly download the newest full publication list. New working paper on religion and traditional values in East Asia, based on five surveys from and/or on East Asia. New book chapter on cultural diversity in Europe, based on the Big 3 of comparative culture surveys (Hofstede, Inglehart, Schwartz), Marry Douglas, and the European Values Studies. See also www.henkvinken.nl/publications.htm ! http://www.henkvinken.nl/pdfs/CVHV05Feb07.pdf http://www.henkvinken.nl/pdfs/CVHV05Feb07.pdf Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:17:43 GMT Directly download the newest resumé. Newly added to this website today: an updated resumé. Changes in projects (phases) finished, such as the one with SCP, Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands on cultural diversity in Europe, based on the Big 3 of comparative culture surveys (Hofstede, Inglehart, Schwartz), Marry Douglas, and the European Values Studies. http://you.sagepub.com/ http://you.sagepub.com/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:00:43 GMT New publication titled "New Dynamic Life Courses? Career orientations, work values and future perceptions of Dutch youth" is out. Published in the Sage journal "YOUNG, Nordic Journal of Youth Research", volume 15, number 1 (February 2007), pages 9-30. Abstract: A new life course model is gaining in importance. This life course model is de-standardized, biographized, and dynamized. De-standardization for instance decouples social roles and life course phases. Biographization stresses biographical reflexivity, especially in the form of imagining one’s biographical future and monitoring the fit of this future with one’s own preferences. Dynamization also prioritizes a constant flow of changes. This article looks at the cultural and social determinants of this new life course model. It focuses at career orientations central in this model and addresses the role of classic social inequalities as well as work values and time perceptions. Our pilot study (2002, N=961) reports on the support for five career anchors (e.g., the Entrepreneur, the Localist, etc.) and four career concepts (e.g. Expert or Transitory) of Dutch young people. It seems that young people under 30 years of age (as opposed to those over 30) keep their career options open, do not favour only one specific career anchor, and support a career concept that reflects dynamic change. Work values hardly and future orientations moderately influence young people’s career orientations. The publications list is also updated. See for the download: the publications tab on this website www.henkvinken.nl/publications.htm http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/osa/staff/cvhenkvinken.html http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/osa/staff/cvhenkvinken.html Mon, 21 Feb 2007 12:45:43 GMT The Staff Members webpages of OSA, Institute for Labour Studies of the universities of Tilburg and Utrecht, now includes an updated resumé of Henk Vinken, associate fellow of OSA. http://www.henkvinken.nl/projects.htm http://www.henkvinken.nl/projects.htm Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:45:43 GMT Developing in close collaboraton with Geert Hofstede: The VSM07, The Values Survey Module 2007. Based on thorough re-analyses of several recent replication studies and of data from the WVS, World Values Survey, we are developing an update of the famed VSM94, an concise instrument consisting of 20 survey questions, with which to replicate Hofstede's classic Five Culture Dimensions in multi-nation survey studies. The VSM07 will be available on this website in the course of the first half of 2007. See also Projects http://www.henkvinken.nl/lectures.htm http://www.henkvinken.nl/lectures.htm Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:45:43 GMT March 12 - 17, 2007, I will lecture on comparative values survey research at Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR Hong Kong, China; March 18 - April 4 at University of Tokyo and at Kwansei Gakuin University Tokyo-branch office, Tokyo, Japan; April 5 - April 13 at RCCC, Research Center for Contemporary China at Peking University, Beijing, China. Back in NL April 14. Best use email hvinken@gmail.com to get contact, mobile phone +31653426313 or, for the Japan period +819098306614. Soon the lectures will be available on this website (see Lectures tab) http://www.henkvinken.nl/lectures.htm http://www.henkvinken.nl/lectures.htm Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:45:43 GMT I'm back in NL and finally seemed to have regained normal energy levels today. Also today I added the lectures (in Power Point) given in the recent Asian Lectures Tour (March 12-April 14, 2007; see the Lectures tab) and updated my publication list (see the Publications tab). http://www.henkvinken.nl/publications.htm http://www.henkvinken.nl/publications.htm Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:45:43 GMT New publication Politics and Traditonal Values in East Asia. Exploring four comparative surveys in East Asia. Another working paper in the East Asian Values Survey Project. See also Projects/EAVS and see Publications page