Communicative behaviors of outperformers and their perception by the outperformed people

Human Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-262

  Tal Or, Nurit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 41149129565     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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