Bridging Cultures: Understanding the Construction of Relational Identity in Intercultural Friendship

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-22

  Lee, Pei Wen ^a  

^a University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercultural Friendship; Relational Identity; Third culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949110928     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475740600739156     Document Type: Article

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