Forecasting good or bad behaviour: A non-transparent test of contrastive responses to cultural cues

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-301

  Mok, Aurelia ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Bicultural; Cultural priming; Identity integration; Social judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355183475     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2011.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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