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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJPBA-115, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2016/115
Research Article
Whoever is Influential is Successful too: How Chinese Undergraduates Choose Admirable People in Chinese Societies

Xiao Dong Yue* and Neelam Arjan Hiranandani

Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 81 Chee Avenue. Kowloon Tong Hong Kong SAR China
Prof. Xiao Dong Yue, Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 81 Chee Avenue. Kowloon Tong Hong Kong SAR China; E-mail: ssxdyue@cityu.edu.hk
26 July 2016; 10 October 2016; 12 October 2016
Yue XD, Hiranandani NA (2016) Whoever is Influential is Successful too: How Chinese Undergraduates Choose Admirable People in Chinese Societies. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 2: 115. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2016/115
This research was funded by a grant from the City University of Hong Kong (Grant No. 7004315).

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