A self-presentational approach to transmission of good and bad news

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-78

  Uysal, Ahmet ^a   Öner Özkan, Bengi ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Impression management; Ingratiation; MUM effect; News transmission; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847725460     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.1.63     Document Type: Article

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