Perceptions of conflict management styles in Chinese intergenerational dyads

Communication Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-91

  Yan, Bing Zhang ^a,c   Harwood, Jake ^b   Hummert, Mary Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c 102 Bailey Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; Conflict; Filial Piety; Globalization; Intergenerational Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944502410     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363775052000342535     Document Type: Article

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