Culture and the Role of Choice in Agency

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-61

  Miller, Joan G ^a   Das, Rekha ^b   Chakravarthy, Sharmista ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b J S S Institute of Speech and Hearing   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Agency; Culture; Motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CHARACTER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; ROLE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959845726     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023330     Document Type: Article

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