Predicting multicultural effectiveness of international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 679-694

  Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a   Van Der Zee, Karen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural empathy; Emotional stability; Flexibility; International students; Multicultural effectiveness; Multicultural Personality Questionnaire; Open mindedness; Social initiative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036829423     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(02)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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