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Publication details [#57839]

Ting-Toomey, Stella and Jean Hotta. 2013. Intercultural adjustment and friendship dialectics in international students: A qualitative study. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 37 (5) : 550–566.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | adaptation | identity negotiation | social relationship | student

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper explores the acculturation narratives and friendship stories of international students. The results unveil three themes: a diversity of acculturation patterns, cultural expectation and personal time sense role in intercultural friendship growth, and identity shake matters and friendship dialectics.