A cross-cultural study of preference of accounts: Relationship closeness, harm severity, and motives of account making

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 913-934

  Itoi, Ritsu ^a   Ohbuchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Fukuno, Mitsuteru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030590003     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01117.x     Document Type: Article

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