Culture Shock or Challenge? The Role of Personality as a Determinant of Intercultural Competence

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 928-940

  van der Zee, Karen ^a   van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acculturation; cultural psychology; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880498241     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113493138     Document Type: Article

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