Use of Western and Indigenously Developed Personality Tests in Asia

Applied Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-191

  Cheung, Fanny M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 1842733355     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2004.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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