Intercultural adaptation - It is a two-way process: Examples from a British MBA programme

Researching Chinese Learners: Skills, Perceptions and Intercultural Adaptations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 250-273

  Zhao, Tianshu ^a   Bourne, Jill ^b  

^a SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

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EID: 85016340231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230299481     Document Type: Chapter

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