Re-thinking culture and personality. how self-regulatory universals create cross-cultural differences

Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-190

  Higgins, E Tory ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^c  

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

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373694-9.00008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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