A test of a cultural model of conflict styles

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-222

  Kim, Min Sun ^a   Lee, Hyeryeon ^a   Kim, Duk ^a   Hunter, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248706904     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.14.2.02kim     Document Type: Article

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