Integrating nonnatives as teachers: Patterns and perceptions of compliance-gaining strategies

Communication Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-217

  Liu, Min ^c   Sellnow, Deanna D ^b   Venette, Steven ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behavior alteration techniques; Compliance gaining; Graduate teaching assistant training; Intercultural communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645213667     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520600566207     Document Type: Article

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