Cognitive discrepancy in Chinese "face": Mian and lian, and their impact on cognition of country-of-origin image

Frontiers of Business Research in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-178

  Shi, Zhuomin ^a   Ichiro, Furukawa ^b   Jin, Chunji ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese face; cognitive discrepancy; country of origin image; lian; mian

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957570514     PISSN: 16737326     EISSN: 16737431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11782-011-0126-3     Document Type: Article

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