The multicultural workplace: Interactive acculturation and intergroup relations

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 460-478

  Oerlemans, Wido G M ^a   Peeters, Maria C W ^b  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Intergroup relations; Migrant workers; National cultures; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954846914     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941011048373     Document Type: Article

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