Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful
and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and …

One of the most important challenges that immigrant and refugee families confront involves
what researchers have called the acculturation gap between parents and children (Kwak …

Hofstede's power distance (PD) and individualism (IDV) constructs were validated in the
context of a single multicultural work setting. Two hundred sixty-three workers from 28 …

Developments in communication and transportation technologies have resulted in the world
becoming an increasingly smaller place than ever before. We are truly entering a borderless …

This article focuses on the process of acculturation for first-generation Soviet Jewish refugee
adolescents and their parents who have resettled in the United States. First, the extent of …

The authors investigate differences in individualism and collectivism between the four
largest ethnic groups in the United States (African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino …

Is falling in love the same the world over? What makes a'happy marriage'in different
cultures? How does our society influence us in the way we raise our children? Is modern life …

Briefly summarizes some of the findings available in the literature on the changes in values
and beliefs that can be expected as the result of the process of acculturation. The object of …

This study examined the impact of “acculturation gaps” on family adjustment of 115
adolescent refugees from the former Soviet Union and their parents. Acculturation and …

Men Herodotus in the fifth century B. CE mentions Palestine he refers onfy to the coastal
area, so called because it had been inhabited by the Philistines; or he is speaking loosely …