Measured cross-cultural differences in self-enhancement and the sensitivity of the self-enhancement measure to the modesty response

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-95

  Kurman, Jenny ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0036101059     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397102036001004     Document Type: Review

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