Describing the social world: How is a person, a group, and a relationship described in the East and the West?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-396

  Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Kashima, Emiko S ^b   Kim, Uichol ^c   Gelfand, Michele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33645908831     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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