Measuring collectivism and individualism in the third millennium

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-188

  Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Alesi, Marianna ^b   Ciochinǎ, Laura ^c   Faria, Luisa ^c   Hattie, John ^a   Hong, Fu ^d   Pepi, Anna Maria ^b   Watkins, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cross cultural; Individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953679246     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.2.173     Document Type: Article

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