The measurement of implicit motives in three cultures power and affiliation in Cameroon, Costa Rica, and Germany

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 689-716

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Chasiotis, Athanasios ^a,d   Friedlmeier, Wolfgang ^b   Busch, Holger ^a   Campos, Domingo ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Osnabrück ^*

Author keywords

Affiliation; Cross cultural methodology; Equivalence; Implicit motives; Power; Test bias; Thematic Apperception Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744567127     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105280510     Document Type: Review

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