Culture, essentialism, and agency: Are individuals universally believed to be more real entities than groups?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-169

  Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Kashima, Emiko ^b   Chiu, Chi Yue ^c   Farsides, Thomas ^d   Gelfand, Michele ^e   Hong, Ying Y I ^c   Kim, Uichol ^f   Strack, Fritz ^g   Werth, Lioba ^g   Yuki, Masaki ^h   Yzerbyt, Vincent ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 16244422052     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.237     Document Type: Article

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