Persuasion and coercion: A critical review of philosophical and empirical approaches

HEC Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-143

  Powers, Penny ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICIST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COERCION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250308878     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-007-9035-4     Document Type: Review

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