Emics and etics: A symbiotic conception

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-171

  Berry, John W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Emic; Etic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033244508     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9952004     Document Type: Review

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