Deference in Indians' decision making: Introjected goals or injunctive norms?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-699

  Savani, Krishna ^a   Morris, Michael W ^a   Naidu, N V ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Culture; Deference; Goals; Norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GOALS; GUILT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864510017     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026415     Document Type: Article

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