Why do they not talk? Towards an understanding of students' cross-cultural encounters from an individualism/collectivism perspective

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 651-667

  Tan, Joanna K L ^a   Goh, Jonathan W P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Communication competence; Cross cultural encounters; Cultural values; Ethnography; Individualism and collectivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349054803     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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