"Tall poppies" and "American dreams" reactions to rich and poor in Australia and the United States

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 659-668

  Mandisodza, Anesu N ^a   Jost, John T ^a   Unzueta, Miguel M ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Poor; Rich; Status; United States; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749609305     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106292076     Document Type: Article

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