Attaining status at the expense of likeability: Pilfering power through conversational interruption

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-260

  Farley, Sally D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Interruption; Nonverbal behavior; Power; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549106336     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-008-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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