Outside the head and outside individualism-collectivism: Further meta-analyses of cultural products

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-327

  Lamoreaux, Marika ^a   Morling, Beth ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural products; meta analysis; power distance; uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855613136     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110385234     Document Type: Article

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