First-year adaptation of female, expatriate religious and humanitarian aid workers: a mixed methods analysis

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 639-661

  Bikos, Lynette H ^a   Klemens, Michael J ^a   Randa, Leigh A ^a   Barry, Alyson ^a   Bore, Thomas ^a   Gibbs, Renee ^a   Kocheleva, Julia ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consensual qualitative research; expatriation; international relocation; missionary; religious worker; sociocultural adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857195820     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670903167573     Document Type: Article

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