On the Panculturality of Self-enhancement and Self-protection Motivation: The Case for the Universality of Self-esteem

Advances in Motivation Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-241

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Gaertner, Lowell ^b   Cai, Huajian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Motivation; Self; Self enhancement; Self esteem; Self protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051258921     PISSN: 22150919     EISSN: 22150927     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.adms.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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