Social axioms and values: A cross-cultural examination

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-111

  Leung, Kwok ^a   Au, Al ^b   Huang, Xu ^c   Kurman, Jenny ^d   Niit, Toomas ^e   Niit, Kaisa Kitri ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Culture; Schwartz's values; Social axioms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947590505     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.615     Document Type: Article

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