Development of the Personality across Cultures book set was greatly facilitated by the contributions and assistance of many individuals. First, I want to thank the authors of the individual chapters in the three volumes for their gracious acceptance of the invitation to contribute a chapter in their respective areas of expertise and for the timely processing of their chapters. I very much enjoyed interacting via e-mail with both new and familiar colleagues during the development of the book set. I am particularly grateful to Jüri Allik, Jérôme Rossier, Peter B. Smith, and Fons J. R. van de Vijver—all very busy, highly productive, and prominent scholars in the field—for agreeing to serve on the advisory board. Their expertise and willingness to provide feedback and suggestions on multiple chapters and topics are much appreciated. In addition, I wish to thank the many additional reviewers of particular chapters, who drew on their areas of expertise to provide valuable suggestions to contributing authors on how they might further strengthen their chapters. Names and short biographies of the editor, advisory board members, contributing authors, and additional reviewers are included in the book set. I would also like to thank my wife and long-time research collaborator, Marcia S. Katigbak, for her support and assistance during the development of this book set. Dean Mike Trevisan and the College of Education at Washington State University also provided some much appreciated support. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the editorial and production staff of ABC-CLIO/Praeger for their invitation to develop and efforts to produce this multivolume book set. In particular, Debbie Carvalko, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Psychology and Health, was especially patient and helpful in providing guidance and in addressing my periodic queries throughout the publication process.
A. Timothy Church