Forgiveness, apology, and communicative responses to hurtful events

Communication Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-56

  Bachman, Guy Foster ^a   Guerrero, Laura K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apology; Communicative Responses; Forgiveness; Hurtful Events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646376721     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934210600586357     Document Type: Article

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