Through the years: An examination of instructor age and misbehavior on perceived teacher credibility

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Semlak, Julie L ^a   Pearson, Judy C ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived Teacher Credibility; Teacher Age; Teacher Misbehavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449563240     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090701831867     Document Type: Article

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