The influence of adult attachment styles on urban residents’ attitudes toward acculturation strategies of rural-to-urban migrants in China

Intercultural Relations in Asia: Migration and Work Effectiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 241-270

  Yang, Huadong ^a   Tian, Lili ^b   Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84969595260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812837875_0010     Document Type: Chapter

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