Adjustment of mainland Chinese academics and students to Singapore

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-372

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Culturally similar environment; General adjustment; Interaction adjustment; Mainland Chinese academics; Mainland Chinese students; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402915     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(01)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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