The interaction between language and culture: A test of the cultural accommodation hypothesis in seven count ries

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 120-139

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Maznevski, Martha ^b   Fischlmayr, Iris ^c   Yaconi, Leonardo Liberman ^d   Wittenberg, Katrin ^e   Myloni, Barbara ^e   Kong Low, Janaka Chee ^f   Castro, Francisco B ^g   Zander, Lena ^h   Karlsson, Ciara ^h   Romani, Laurence ^h   Feely, Alan ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d IIB   (Chile)

^e BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

ⁱ ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009636868     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470208668081     Document Type: Article

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