Beyond the dilemma of cross-cultural psychology: Resolving the tension between etic and emic approaches

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-153

  Helfrich, Hede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance comparison; Etic vs emic approaches; Individual and task; Interaction between culture; Methodology of cross cultural research; Temporal perspective in cross cultural research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033244483     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9952002     Document Type: Article

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