Social comparisons across cultures I: Gender stereotypes in high and low power distance cultures

Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding Cognition, Intergroup Relations, and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 303-317

  Désert, Michel ^a   Leyens, Jacques Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33644885201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511584329.016     Document Type: Chapter

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