Assessing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Review of Available Tests

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 849-873

  Matsumoto, David ^a,b   Hwang, Hyisung C ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Humintell   (United States)

Author keywords

intelligence abilities; measurement statistics; methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880492472     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113492891     Document Type: Article

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