Choose your (international) contacts wisely: A multilevel analysis on the impact of intergroup contact while living abroad

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-96

  Geeraert, Nicolas ^a   Demoulin, Stéphanie ^b   Demes, Kali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact; Cultural adjustment; Intergroup behaviour; Sojourn; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894904091     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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