"Psst ... what do you think?" the relationship between advice prestige, type of advice, and academic performance

Communication Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-291

  Smith, Rachel A ^a   Peterson, Brittany L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Performance; Advice; College Student Interaction; Networks; Student Information Seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547364628     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520701364890     Document Type: Article

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