Challenges facing Chinese academic staff in a UK university in terms of language, relationships and culture

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-383

  Hsieh, Hui hua ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese academic staff; culture; international academics; internationalisation; language; relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864664192     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2011.641001     Document Type: Article

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