Sources of differences in communication apprehension between Chinese in Taiwan and Americans

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 370-389

  Sandy Hsu, Chia Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication anxiety; Communication apprehension; Communication competence; Extroversion; Fear of negative evaluation; Neuroticism; Self construals; Taiwan; The United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951728879     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370409370207     Document Type: Article

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