Do individualists have a higher opportunistic propensity than collectivists? Individualism and economic cooperation

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 59-78

  Sakalaki, Maria ^a,b   Kazi, Smaragda ^b   Karamanoli, Vassia ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cooperation; Economic opportunism; Individualism; Manipulation of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149008873     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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