Self-construal in Chile and Norway: Implications for cultural differences in individualism and collectivism

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-281

  Kolstad, Arnulf ^a   Horpestad, Silje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chile; Collectivistic; Individualistic; Norway; Self perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449101608     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108328917     Document Type: Article

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