Are Greek letter social organizations a factor in undergraduates' perceptions of international instructors?

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Rubin, Donald L ^a   Ainsworth, Stuart ^b   Cho, Eunsook ^b   Turk, Don ^b   Winn, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnocentrism; Greek organizations; International instructors; Language and attitude; Linguistic competence; Responses to ITA; Speech style; Stereotypes; Xenophobia; Xenophobic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346338402     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(98)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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