Variation of individualism and collectivism within and between 20 countries: A typological analysis

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-339

  Green, Eva G T ^a,c   Deschamps, Jean Claude ^a   Páez, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Between country variation; Collectivism; Individualism; Within country variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744374664     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104273654     Document Type: Article

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