Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Social Dominance Orientation: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis of 27 Societies

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-467

  Fischer, Ronald ^a   Hanke, Katja ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Ideology; Meta analysis; Social Dominance Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864072785     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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