Indirect measurement of regional culture in the Netherlands

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 547-566

  Brons, Lajos L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Individualism; Measurement; Post materialism; Regional culture; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751331273     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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