Discriminatory attitudes toward intercultural communication in domestic and overseas contexts

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Kobayashi, Yoko ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian students; European looking students; Japanese higher education; Overseas English study contexts; Racial discrimination; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207548     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9250-9     Document Type: Article

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