A Cross-Cultural Immersion Program: Promoting Students’ Cultural Journeys

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1159-1187

  Heppner, Puncky Paul ^a,b   Wang, Kenneth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural competency; cross cultural immersion program; Cross National Cultural Competence model; diversity training; international dimensions of diversity; multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921473129     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000014548899     Document Type: Article

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