Relationship building and behavioral outcomes: Exploring the connection between relationship attitudes and key constituent behavior

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-337

  Bruning, Stephen D ^a   Lambe, Kathryn ^b  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Griffin Communications   (United States)

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EID: 0141630745     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090209384861     Document Type: Article

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