Cultural and Personality Determinants of Leniency in Self-Rating among Chinese People

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-207

  Xie, Jia Lin ^a   Chen, Ziguang ^b   Roy, Jean Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 84962036837     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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