Personality and Sojourner Adjustment: An Exploration of the Big Five and the Cultural Fit Proposition

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-151

  Ward, C ^a   Leong, C H ^a   Low, M ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Big five; Personality adjustment; Sojourner

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342325085     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103260719     Document Type: Review

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