TY - JOUR TI - Studies of Values Conducted by Vladimir Yadov and His Colleagues T2 - Economic Sociology IS - Economic Sociology KW - value orientations KW - work motivation KW - concept of personality KW - personal dispositions AB - Published by Yadov’s anniversary,  an especial collection "Vivat, Yadov!" contains his colleagues’  memories and thoughts. The presented paper focuses on the Yadov’s research which is considered to be his main contribution into the sociological theory - on contradictions between individual value orientations and observed behavior. Those studies resulted in a book titled "Self-regulation and Prediction of Social Behavior of Individuals" (1979), suggesting an assumption of hierarchical structure of personal dispositions, of this structure’s social bases and its systematic infl uence on observed behavior.  This paper is devoted to Prof. Yadov and his colleagues but it also presents a review on Russian works on value studies. AU - Nikolai Lapin UR - https://ecsoc.hse.ru/en/2009-10-3/26595641.html PY - 2009 SP - 82-93 VL - 10