Collaborating with Strangers: How Personal Values Affect Generalized Exchange

Women bring into the birthing unit values which include preferences, concerns and expectations that are involved in decision-making during intrapartum care. When midwives fail to meet the women’s values, they experience such care as being inhumane and degrading, thus affecting the childbirth outcomes. The inhumane and degrading care includes a lack of sympathy and empathy, as well as a lack of attention to privacy and confidentiality. Midwives’ possession of the required personal values and the ability to integrate women’s values are vital to enhance ethical best practice during intrapartum care. The aim of the study was to explore and to describe the midwives’ personal values that are required for ethical best practice during intrapartum care. The birthing unit at a public hospital in the Gauteng province of South Africa formed the context of the study. A qualitative research design that was explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature was used. The following personal values emerged: (1) respect, trust and dignity; (2) justice, equality and fairness; (3) freedom of choice and autonomy; (4) integrity, honesty and consistency; (5) good character and personality; (6) self-control and rapport; and (7) open-mindedness and flexibility. The midwives’ personal values form a strong precursor that is crucial for ethical best practice during intrapartum care. The individual midwives, nursing education institutions and health facilities can use the study findings in areas such as reflective midwifery practice, the midwifery curriculum, recruitment and selection processes, and as part of key performance areas and indicators in performance reviews.

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A Study on the Influence of Personal Values on Attitude toward Convergence and Intention to Use

Journal of Product Research ◽

10.36345/kacst.2011.29.1.001 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 1-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yong Cheol Kim

Keyword(s):

Personal Values ◽

Intention To Use

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Role of personal values and personality traits on intention to recommend a destination

Tourism Analysis ◽

10.3727/108354220x15987151867872 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Arnold Japutra ◽

Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro ◽

Shasha Wang

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Personal Values ◽

Favorable Attitude ◽

Extended Model ◽

Extended Theory ◽

Prosocial Values ◽

Managerial Implications

In this study, the researchers explore the antecedents of tourists’ intention to recommend a destination using an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Two personal values (i.e., prosocial and maturity) and two personality traits (i.e., extraversion and agreeableness), which are rarely studied but important elements for marketers to better understand the market (e.g., segment the market), are examined. To test the extended model of TPB, a survey (n=312) was conducted with tourists in Portugal. The researchers find support for the hypothesis that tourists with higher prosocial values, maturity values, and extraversion personality traits are more likely to have a favorable attitude toward a destination and a tendency to recommend the destination. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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