Acquiescent response bias as an aspect of cultural communication style

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-61

  Smith, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquiescence; Cross cultural; Culture level

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348017054     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103260380     Document Type: Article

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