Attentional Focus and the Dynamics of Dual Identity Integration: Evidence From Asian Americans and Female Lawyers

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-604

  Mok, Aurelia ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

attentional focus; culture; identity integration; object perception; priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865181445     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611432769     Document Type: Article

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