The construct of individuation: More complex in collectivist than in individualist cultures

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-310

  Kwan, Virginia S Y ^a,d   Bond, Michael Harris ^b   Boucher, Helen C ^a   Maslach, Christina ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MC 5050   (United States)

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EID: 23044532252     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202286002     Document Type: Review

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