Cultural Self-Identification and Orientations to Cross-Cultural Mixing on an Australian University Campus

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-68

  Fozdar, Farida ^a   Volet, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cross cultural interaction; cultural diversity; cultural self identification; intercultural competence; internationalisation; multiculturalism; tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960424774     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2015.1119674     Document Type: Article

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