Teacher socio-communicative style as a correlate of student affect toward teacher and course material

Communication Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja ^a,b   McCroskey, James C ^a,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructor type; Socio communicative style (assertiveness and responsiveness); Student affect for course material; Student affect for teacher; Teacher misbehaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032338492     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529809379109     Document Type: Article

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