A test of anxiety/uncertainty management theory: The intercultural adaptation context

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-326

  Hammer, Mitchell R ^a   Wiseman, Richard L ^b   Rasmussen, J Lewis ^a   Bruschke, Jon C ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety Uncertainty management theory; Cross cultural adjustment; Intercultural adaptation; Sojourner adaptation; Uncertainty reduction theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001504377     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370104     Document Type: Article

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