Publications

Publication details [#55417]

Cheah, Wai Hsien, Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic, Hisako Matsuoh and Alma Poljarevic. 2011. The Role of Language Competence, Interpersonal Relationships, and Media Use in Bosnian Refugees’ Resettlement Process. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 40 (3) : 219–236.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | adaptation | crosscultural communication | foreign language acquisition | social relationship

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Drawing on Kim's Integrative Theory of Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation, this study reveals that host language proficiency, host and ethnic interpersonal relationships and media use, all positively affect the adaptation of Bosnian refugees’, living in St. Louis, Missouri.