Harmony and conflict: A cross-cultural investigation in china and australia

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 795-816

  Leung, Kwok ^a   Brew, Frances P ^b   Zhang, Zhi Xue ^c   Zhang, Yan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

conflict; dual concern model; harmony

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959343829     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110363474     Document Type: Article

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