Cameroonian forms of collectivism and individualism

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-498

  Pirttilä Backman, Anna Maija ^a,b   Kassea, B Raul ^a,c   Ikonen, Terhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Social Psychology ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; Collectivism; Gender; Individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042736238     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104266110     Document Type: Article

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