Willingness to communicate and action control

System

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-171

  MacIntyre, Peter D ^a   Doucette, Jesslyn ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action control; Hesitation; Language anxiety; Perceived competence; Preoccupation; Volatility; Willingness to communicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953537556     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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