Publications

Publication details [#56628]

Matera, Camilla and Cristina Stefanile. 2012. Host culture Adoption or Intercultural Contact? Comparing different acculturation conceptualizations and their effects on host members’ attitudes towards immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 36 (4) : 459–471.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | adaptation | attention | immigrant | intercultural communication

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study explores how two dimensions, underpinning immigrants’ perceived acculturation strategies, defined respectively as Intercultural Contact and host Culture Adoption, affect majority attitudes towards immigrants.