"Cultural fit": Individual and societal discrepancies in values, beliefs, and subjective well-being

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-221

  Lu, Luo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cultural fit; Cultural values; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646536590     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.146.2.203-221     Document Type: Article

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