Examining a Climatoeconomic Contextualization of Generalized Social Trust Mediated by Uncertainty Avoidance

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 574-588

  Kong, Dejun Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; thermal climate; trust; uncertainty avoidance; wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875767052     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112466700     Document Type: Article

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