Reframing the cultural differences between the east and the west

Communication Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-566

  Kim, Jihyun ^a   Lim, Tae Seop ^a   Dindia, Kathryn ^a   Burrell, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Holism; Holistic analytic worldview; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960506524     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2010.514675     Document Type: Article

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