Meta-analyses of gender effects on conversational interruption: Who, what, when, where, and how

Sex Roles

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 225-252

  Anderson, Kristin J ^a   Leaper, Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032342756     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018802521676     Document Type: Article

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