Epistemic motives and cultural conformity: Need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-207

  Fu, Jeanne Ho Ying ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b   Lee, Sau Lai ^c   Chao, Melody ^d   Chiu, Chi Yue ^d   Hong, Ying Yi ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Culture; Individual differences; Need for closure; Reward allocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLITICS; REWARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSENSUS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; REWARD; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846882029     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.2.191     Document Type: Article

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