Local university students and intercultural interactions: Conceptualising culture, seeing diversity and experiencing interactions

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 440-455

  Colvin, Cassandra ^a   Volet, Simone ^a   Fozdar, Farida ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; diversity; first year student; intercultural interaction; local student

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899997335     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.841642     Document Type: Article

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