Coping with cross-cultural transition

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 636-642

  Ward, Colleen ^a   Kennedy, Antony ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0035612795     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022101032005007     Document Type: Article

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