Nations with more dialectical selves exhibit lower polarization in life quality judgments and social opinions

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-250

  Minkov, Michael ^a  

^a VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dialecticism; Moderate versus strong statements; Pastoralism; Rice cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949187983     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397109334956     Document Type: Article

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