Explaining intercultural conflict: Promising approaches and future directions

The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 691-726

  Ting Toomey, Stella ^a   Takai, Jiro ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976176.n25     Document Type: Chapter

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