Lack of knowledge of a culture's social axioms and adaptation difficulties among immigrants

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-208

  Kurman, Jenny ^a   Ronen Eilon, Carmel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Immigrants; Social axioms

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342325083     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103262244     Document Type: Review

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