Cultural Conditioning: Understanding Interpersonal Accommodation in India and the United States in Terms of the Modal Characteristics of Interpersonal Influence Situations

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-102

  Savani, Krishna ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b   Naidu, N V R ^c   Kumar, Satishchandra ^d   Berlia, Neha V ^e  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^e Apeejay Educational Society   (India)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Adjustment; Conditioning; Culture; Influence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751470158     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021083     Document Type: Article

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