Progress in Asian Social Psychology (Volume 1) - Hardcover

Leung, Kwok; Kim, Uichol; Yamaguchi, Susumu; Kashima, Yoshihisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471248657 ISBN 13: 9780471248651

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

About the Book This book is based on papers presented at the inaugural Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology in 1995. It contains state-of-the-art research conducted by Asian social psychologists. Anyone who is interested in social psychological research in Asia and who works towards a universal social psychology will find this volume highly informative and useful. This book is important to those who are working in Asia or with Asians since it provides indepth insights into the fundamental applications and theories of social psychology which will help them in their interface with Asia. In putting together this volume, social psychology is broadly defined and includes a wide range of social settings.

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About the Author

About the Editors Kwok Leung is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Psychology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Besides his position as the Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Dr Leung is also the President-Elect of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. His research interests include cross-cultural psychology, justice, conflict and research methodology. Uichol Kim is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Korea. He is the Editor of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology. Cross-cultural psychology, indigenous psychologies, community psychology and the psychology of the Korean people are some of his areas of specialisation. Susumu Yamaguchi is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Social Psychology, University of Tokyo. He is also the Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology and the research areas he specialises in include individualism-collectivism and group processes among Japanese. Yoshihisa Kashima is currently Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, La Trobe University. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and the Asian Journal of Social Psychology. His main area of interest is social psychology of culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471248657
• ISBN 13: 9780471248651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 361