Abstract
There are many measurement tools in the literature related to the measurement of culture. Hofstede’s culture dimensions appear as a dominant measurement tool with its use in conceptualizing culture, its reflecting into practice and in social sciences and intercultural studies. These dimensions of national culture have also led to the creation of a measurement tool (The Five-Dimensional Measure of Personal Cultural Values) that will allow the measurement of culture at a personal level. In this study, it is aimed to adapt Personal Cultural Values Scale (PCVS) to Turkish. The scale was developed by Yoo, Donthu and Lenartowicz (2011) using cultural dimensions of Hofstede’s. Concerning this purpose, 273 participants (90 women, 183 men, 174 Physical Education and Sports, 99 working in other programs) from academic staff working in higher education institutions composed of sample of the study. For validity and reliability of the scale, consists of 26 items and 5 sub-dimensions, confirmatory factor analysis was performed and internal consistency coefficients and correlation values were calculated. According to the analysis results, it was determined that the scale is compatible with the original scale and the internal consistency coefficients in total is .81 for sub-dimensions; power distance is .64, uncertainty avoidance is.73, collectivism is .81, masculinity is .74 and long-term orientation is .79. It was also observed that the correlation between sub-dimensions was positive. As a result, it can be said that the adapted scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool in revealing the personal cultural values of academic staff working in higher education institutions.