"Brother, Can You Spare Some Time, or a Dime?": Time and Money Obligations in the United States and China

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 592-613

  Cai, Deborah A ^a   Fink, Edward L ^a   Xie, Xiaoying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Exchange; Intimacy; Network; Obligation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859853803     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111401394     Document Type: Article

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