When social role salience leads to social role rejection: Modest self-presentation among women and men in two cultures

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 473-481

  Cialdini, Robert B ^a   Wosinska, Wilhelmina ^a   Dabul, Amy J ^a   Whetstone Dion, Robin ^a   Heszen, Irena ^a  

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EID: 0032219783     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298245003     Document Type: Article

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