Theorizing the Relationship between Agency and Communion

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 823-835

  Leonard, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; communion; groups; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502766     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354397076005     Document Type: Article

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