A theory-based measure of acculturation: The shortened cultural life style inventory

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Lerman, Dawn ^a   Maldonado, Rachel ^b   Luna, David ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Measurement; Scale development; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749130049     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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