Earning influence by communicating respect: Facework's contributions to effective instructional feedback

Communication Education

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-416

  Trees, April R ^a   Kerssen Griep, Jeff ^b   Hess, Jon A ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Criticism; Effectiveness; Facework; Politeness; Speech feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449565027     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520802613419     Document Type: Article

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