The Personality Stereotypes of Three Cohabiting Ethnic Groups: Erzians, Mokshans, and Russians

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-134

  Allik, Jüri ^a,b   Alyamkina, Ekaterina ^c   Meshcheryakov, Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c DUBNA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

cross cultural comparison; ethnic conflicts; national character; personality stereotypes; personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924992038     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397114540861     Document Type: Article

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