Cross-cultural exploration of the Indecisiveness Scale: A comparison of Chinese and American men and women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 813-824

  Patalano, Andrea L ^a   Wengrovitz, Steven M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Decision making; Indecisiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746008804     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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