Self-construal as a predictor of communal and exchange orientation in Taiwan and the USA

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-203

  Bresnahan, Mary Jiang ^a   Chiu, Hiu Chih ^b   Levine, Timothy R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*

Author keywords

Communal orientation and construal; Exchange orientation and construal; Relational construal and orientations; Self construal validation; Three dimensions of self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344705055     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2004.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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