"Oh, you've got such a strong accent": Language Identity Intersecting with Professional Identity in the Human Services in Australia

International Migration

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 192-204

  Harrison, Gai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LANGUAGE; MOBILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL WORK; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883767349     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12005     Document Type: Article

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