Who Are You Calling Rude? Honor-Related Differences in Morality and Competence Evaluations After an Insult

Negotiation and Conflict Management Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-56

  Shafa, Saïd ^a   Harinck, Fieke ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Beersma, Bianca ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Honor culture; Insult; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892631711     PISSN: 17504708     EISSN: 17504716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ncmr.12024     Document Type: Article

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