Gender and value orientations - What's the difference!? The case of Japan and the United States

Sociological Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-691

  Levey, Tania ^a   Silver, Catherine B ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural survey; Gender; Japan and the United States; Social identity; Value orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845634308     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-006-9038-y     Document Type: Review

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