Staying or returning: Pre-migration influences on the migration process of German migrants to New Zealand

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-298

  Bürgelt, Petra T ^a   Morgan, Mandy ^a   Pernice, Regina ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

German migrants; Grounded theory; Migration; New Zealand; Psychosocial factors; Return migration; Salutogenic paradigm; Symbolic interactionism; Well being health

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449105260     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.924     Document Type: Article

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