Culturally based lay beliefs as a tool for understanding intergroup and intercultural relations

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-178

  Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^a,b   Williams, Melissa J ^c   Peng, Kaiping ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Cross cultural differences; Dialectics; Intergroup dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863417129     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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