Fire and ice: Testing a model on culture and complex problem solving

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1279-1298

  Güss, Dominik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

action orientation; complex problem solving; culture; dynamic decision making; horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism; performance; strategy; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052077367     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110383320     Document Type: Article

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