Personal and cultural differences in responding to criticism in three countries

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-105

  Bresnahan, Mary Jiang ^a   Shearman, Sachiyo Morinaga ^a   Lee, Sun Young ^a   Ohashi, Rie ^b   Mosher, David ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c Hijiyama University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assertiveness and culture; Communication style cultural differences; Verbal aggression and culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036045377     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00097     Document Type: Article

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