Personality and Dutch emigrants' reactions to acculturation strategies

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2864-2891

  Bakker, Winny ^a,b   Van Der Zee, Karen ^a   Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Social and Organizational Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 33750909662     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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