Face and facework in conflict: A cross-cultural comparison of China, Germany, Japan, and the United States

Communication Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-258

  Oetzel, John ^b   Ting Toomey, Stella ^a   Masumoto, Tomoko ^c   Yokochi, Yumiko ^c   Pan, Xiaohui ^c   Takai, Jiro ^c   Wilcox, Richard ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Conflict; Cross cultural communication; Face and facework

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041034338     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750128061     Document Type: Article

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