The cultural hybridity of Lena: A multi-method case study of a third culture kid

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-398

  Greenholtz, Joe ^a   Kim, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult third culture kids; Cultural hybrids; Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS); Ethnocentrism; Ethnorelativism; Global nomads; Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI); Intercultural sensitivity; Liminality; Marginality; Multi method case study; Third culture kids

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849106380     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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