Complex problem solving in the cultural context

Travail Humain

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-28

  Badke Schaub, P ^b   Strohschneider, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action regulation; Complex problem solving; Complexity; Cross cultural psychology; Culture; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356520     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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