Immediacy, humor, power distance, and classroom communication apprehension in Chinese college classrooms

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-124

  Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom Communication Apprehension; Humor; Immediacy; Power Distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444461577     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370500056150     Document Type: Article

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