What Are the Important Decisions in the Lives of German and Indian University Students? The Structure of Real-Life Decision-Making Processes

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-234

  Tipandjan, Arun ^a   Schäfer, Thomas ^a   Sundaram, Suresh ^b   Sedlmeier, Peter ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cross cultural decision making; Decision making; German students; Indian students; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860426457     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-011-9189-0     Document Type: Article

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