The Better-Than-Average Effect in Hong Kong and the United States: The Role of Personal Trait Importance and Cultural Trait Importance

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 915-930

  Tam, Kim Pong ^a   Leung, Angela K y ^b   Kim, Young Hoon ^c   Chiu, Chi Yue ^d   Lau, Ivy Yee Man ^b   Au, Al K C ^e  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

better than average effect; culture; intersubjective approach; trait importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863519843     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112443774     Document Type: Article

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