The influence of conflict context characteristics on conflict regulation preferences of immigrants

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 340-354

  Bierbrauer, Günter ^a   Klinger, Edgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Biculturalism; Conflict style; Individualism collectivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744417307     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104273655     Document Type: Article

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