The role of cultural dimensions of international and Dutch students on academic and social integration and academic performance in the Netherlands

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-201

  Rienties, Bart ^a   Tempelaar, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic integration; Academic performance; Acculturation; Cognition; Education; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875364140     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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