What do cross-national comparisons of personality traits tell us? The case of conscientiousness: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-313

  Heine, Steven J ^a   Buchtel, Emma E ^a   Norenzayan, Ara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; MORALS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 41949137583     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02085.x     Document Type: Article

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