Students’ use of compliance gaining strategies with graduate teaching assistants: Examining the other end of the power spectrum

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-32

  Golish, Tamara D ^a  

^a LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior alteration messages; Behavior alterationtechniques; Compliance gaining; Credibility; Graduate teaching assistants; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942284750     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379909370121     Document Type: Article

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