The quest for multicultural competence: Challenges and lessons learned from clinical and organizational research

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 263-274

  Chao, Melody Manchi ^a   Okazaki, Sumie ^b   Hong, Ying yi ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 79959594518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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