The Index of Cultural Tightness and Looseness Among 68 Countries

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-335

  Uz, Irem ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

attitudes; beliefs; cultural tightness and looseness; cultural variation; measurement; norms; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924872003     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022114563611     Document Type: Article

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