WVS Webinar on April 29: Trust Without Cause: Predisposition of Personality and Chinese Citizen Trust in Government
Welcome to the World Values Survey Association's webinar series. In these monthly sessions, we invite scholars from various disciplines who utilize WVS survey data, either alone or in combination with other datasets, to share their latest findings and insights. The webinars will explore a wide range of topics measured through the time-series WVS surveys, covering analysis of both substantive issues and methodological perspectives. Learn more about the forthcoming webinars here.
In this webinar, our guest speaker, Yunsoo Lee from the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, China, will explore the relationship between personality traits and trust in government, recognizing that individual differences shape perceptions of governmental institutions. Using Chinese survey data from the World Values Survey, the study examines how specific personality traits influence trust in different branches of government. The findings reveal that extraversion is negatively associated with overall government trust, agreeableness is positively linked to it, and neuroticism correlates positively with trust in courts and the police, highlighting the nuanced ways personality shapes political attitudes.
The webinar will take place on April 29, 2025 at 09:00 UTC.
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As personality varies among individuals, even in the same situations, each person carries his or her own unique set of trust in government. The idiosyncrasies of person might have to do with trust in government. An increasing body of empirical work demonstrates the significance of personality in the public sector. However, relatively little is known about how personality affects trust in government. In particular, previous research has not appropriately paid attention on trust in different government institutions. To fill the void, this article aims to examine the impact of personality on trust in government by using the Chinese samples from the World Values Survey. Extraversion is negatively associated with trust in overall government. On the contrary, agreeableness is positively linked to it. Interestingly, neuroticism is positively associated with trust in court and police. Read full article here.
Yunsoo Lee is an assistant professor at School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University. He holds a doctoral degree in public administration (Rutgers University), a master degree in public policy (Seoul National University), and a bachelor degree of arts (Korea University). His main research interests are citizen trust in government, government performance, and comparative public management. His research has appeared in such journals as Public Personnel Management, International Review of Administrative Science, and Social Science Quarterly.
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