The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1039-1054

  Welzel, Christian ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

attitudes; beliefs; cultural psychology; developmental; national development; social; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865784636     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112455458     Document Type: Article

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