The power of powerless speech: The effects of speech style and task interdependence on status conferral

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-261

  Fragale, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Communality; Powerful speech; Powerless speech; Speech Styles; Status conferral; Task interdependence; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750703674     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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