The effects of self-construals and embarrassability on predicament response strategies

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 497-520

  Tarr, Noreen D ^a   Kim, Min Sun ^a   Sharkey, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Embarrassability; Predicaments; Responses; Self construals; Strategies; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944469159     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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