Time and Context in the Relationship between Acculturation Attitudes and Adaptation among Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Finland and Israel

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1423-1440

  Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a   Horenczyk, Gabriel ^b   Kinunen, Tamara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acculturation Attitudes; Cultural Diversity; National Context; Russian Immigrants; Time

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

FINLAND; ISRAEL;

EID: 84859133364     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.623617     Document Type: Article

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