Abstract
The lead article by Arieli and colleagues (2018) provides an overview of value research in broadly defined organizational contexts. The proposed aim of the review is to ‘integrate theories and empirical studies aiming to portray the role of personal values in shaping the choices and behavior in work settings’ (p. 1). In my review I highlight problems with implicit assumptions and limitations of the current literature, in particular: 1) the assumption that values show a universal structure across populations and situations, 2) the assumption that values are relatively stable over a person’s career, 3) the unclear ontological status of values combined with a lack of studies examining causality underlying value‐behavior correlations, 4) the relative effect sizes of value research and their organizational relevance, and 5) unclear paths for actions that organizations may take based on the current value literature (what interventions can organizations adopt to improve value profiles?).
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