Home versus host - Identifying with either, both, or neither?: The relationship between dual cultural identities and intercultural effectiveness

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-76

  Lee, Yih Teen ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Cultural identities; Dual identities; Intercultural effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951757882     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595809359583     Document Type: Article

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