Within-culture variations of collectivism in Japan

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1191-1204

  Yamawaki, Niwako ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism scale; Japan; Within culture variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887575219     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111428171     Document Type: Article

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