A cross-cultural investigation of beliefs about justice in China, USA and South Africa

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-521

  Lee, Yueh Ting ^a   Ottati, Victor ^b   Bornman, Elirea ^c   Yang, Shaogang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Belief; China; Culture general; Culture specific; Justice; South Africa; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959591663     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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