The Boundaries of Culture: Do Questions About Societal Norms Reveal Cultural Differences?

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1094-1106

  Minkov, Michael ^a   Blagoev, Vesselin ^a   Hofstede, Geert ^b  

^a VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Bulgaria)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural dimensions; national culture; societal norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883172744     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112466942     Document Type: Article

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