Personality in cultural context: Methodological issues

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1007-1031

  Van De Vijver, Fons J R ^a   Leung, Kwok ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0035651443     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.696173     Document Type: Article

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