Trait and State Authenticity Across Cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1347-1373

  Slabu, Letitia ^a   Lenton, Alison P ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Bruder, Martin ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

authenticity; culture; inauthenticity; self construal; thinking style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906775114     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022114543520     Document Type: Article

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