Look Who's Talking: An Analysis of "Chair-Talk" in Business Meetings

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-197

  Bilbow, Grahame T ^a,b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032366018     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651998012002001     Document Type: Article

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