Indebtedness in cultural context: The role of culture in the felt obligation to reciprocate

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-25

  Hitokoto, Hidefumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indebtedness; Interdependent culture; Situation sampling

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT;

EID: 84958116260     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12122     Document Type: Article

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