Culture shock: Literature review, personal statement and relevance for the south pacific

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture shock; Foreign students; Migration; Sojourn; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951606707     PISSN: 18344909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/prp.4.2.87     Document Type: Article

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