Acculturation or negotiation? What japanese academic migrants teach us about family processes and gendered experiences of cultural adaptation

Cultural Psychology of Immigrants

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 337-364

  Sakamoto, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84925756890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315820934     Document Type: Chapter

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