Adherence to perceived norms across cultural boundaries: The role of need for cognitive closure and ingroup identification

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-89

  Chao, Melody Manchi ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xue ^b   Chiu, Chi yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Need for closure; Norm adherence; Social identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549108994     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209343115     Document Type: Article

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