To Know or Not to Know, Is That the Question? Exploring the Role and Assessment of Metacognition in Cross-Cultural Contexts

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 963-991

  Klafehn, Jennifer ^a   Li, Chenchen ^b   Chiu, Chi yue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cultural intelligence; metacognition; methodology; MTMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880498856     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113492893     Document Type: Article

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