Cracking the nonverbal code intercultural competence and gesture recognition across cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 380-395

  Molinsky, Andrew L ^a   Krabbenhoft, Mary Anne ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^b   Choi, Y Susan ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Communication; Cross cultural; Cultural adaptation; Gestures; Nonverbal

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744372488     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104273658     Document Type: Article

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