Building intercultural links: The impact of a multicultural intervention programme on social ties of international students in Australia

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-185

  Sakurai, T ^a   McCall Wolf, F ^a   Kashima, E S ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

International students; Multicultural intervention programme; Social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949265480     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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