Variations in Value Orientations (VVO)

Job Choice: Which boss would be better to work for? Boss A (insists on hard work, no casual time off) or Boss B (understanding of occasional time off for trips/fun)?

Well Arrangements: Which way is best to decide community plans? Option A (leaders decide), Option B (group discusses until all agree), or Option C (everyone votes and majority rules)?

Child Training: Which idea is best for raising children? Option A (teach traditions of the past), Option B (teach some traditions but adapt to the present), or Option C (teach children to find new ways for the future)?

Livestock Dying: Which reason is most true when a man loses his livestock? Option A (unpreventable natural losses), Option B (man's own failure to prevent losses), or Option C (disharmony with the forces of nature)?

Expectations about Change: Which expectation for the family's future is best? Option A (expect to keep things as they were in the past), Option B (uncertain future, things go up and down), or Option C (expect to be better off in the future through planning)?

Facing Conditions: Which view of nature and weather is best? Option A (useless to try to change conditions, take them as they come), Option B (people must figure out and control conditions), or Option C (work in harmony with God and nature)?

Help in Misfortune: Which way is best to get help after a crop/livestock loss? Option A (depend on an older important relative/boss), Option B (depend on brothers/sisters/relatives), or Option C (raise money independently outside the community)?

Family Work Relations: Which way is best for related families to arrange work? Option A (oldest able person takes charge), Option B (relatives work together and choose a leader), or Option C (each separate family looks after its own business)?

Choice of Delegate: Which way is best to choose a community representative? Option A (older leaders decide), Option B (discuss until almost everyone agrees), or Option C (hold a vote and send the majority winner)?

Use of Fields: Which farming philosophy is best? Option A (crop success depends mainly on weather), Option B (crop success depends on using new scientific ideas), or Option C (crop success depends on working hard and living in harmony with nature)?

Philosophy of Life: Which outlook on life is best? Option A (keep up the traditional ways of the past), Option B (focus on the present and adapt to make life easier), or Option C (look ahead and work hard for a better future)?