Using individualism and collectivism to compare cultures - A critique of the validity and measurement of the constructs: Comment on Oyserman et al. (2002)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-88

  Fiske, Alan Page ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CROWDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MASS BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85047670115     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.128.1.78     Document Type: Review

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