Perceptions of being international: Differences between British adolescents living abroad and those at home

International Education Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 360-373

  Lam, Hon ^a   Selmer, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Expatriate; Factor analysis; Hong Kong; International student; Living abroad; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544381533     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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