Behavior speaks louder than traits: The impact of information abstractness and communication source on message reception

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-254

  Geschke, Daniel ^a   Sassenberg, Kai ^b   Ruhrmann, Georg ^a   Sommer, Denise ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge communication; Linguistic abstractness; Person perception; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249089026     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409.215.4.248     Document Type: Article

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