Measuring cultures through intersubjective cultural norms: Implications for predicting relative identification with two or more cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-226

  Wan, Ching ^a,e   Chiu, Chi Yue ^b   Peng, Siqing ^c   Tam, Kim Pong ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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

^c Peking University   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cultural identity; Cultural values; Identity differentiation; Intersubjective consensus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847068736     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106297300     Document Type: Article

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