Cross-cultural training effects on cultural essentialism beliefs and cultural intelligence

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-775

  Fischer, Ronald ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intercultural training Cultural intelligence Cultural essentialism BAFA BAFA Cultural competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355190245     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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