Uncertainty regulation. The master motive?

Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 49-70

  Sorrentino, Richard M ^a   Szeto, Andrew ^a   Nezlek, John B ^b   Yasunaga, Satoru ^c   Kouhara, Sadafusa ^d   Ohtsubo, Yasunao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

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EID: 80052427329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373694-9.00003-9     Document Type: Chapter

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