Teacher Immediacy Scales: Testing for Validity Across Cultures

Communication Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-248

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Oetzel, John G ^b   Gao, Xiaofang ^c   Wilcox, Richard G ^d   Takai, Jiro ^e  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nurtingen Geislingen   (Germany)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross Culture; Immediacy; Teacher Immediacy Scales; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247333744     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520601089092     Document Type: Article

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