Fashion in the classroom III: Effects of instructor attire and immediacy in natural classroom interactions

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-299

  Gorham, Joan ^a   Cohen, Stanley H ^a   Morris, Tracy L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Immediacy; Instructional communication; Nonverbal communication; Perceptions of teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944228388     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379909385560     Document Type: Article

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