Cultural processes: An overview

Cultural Processes: A Social Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-22

  Chiu, Chi Yue ^a   Leung, Angela K Y ^b   Hong, Ying Yi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84898949955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779374.003     Document Type: Chapter

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