The influences of message and source factors on advice outcomes

Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-575

  Feng, Bo ^a   MacGeorge, Erina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Message factors; Problem seriousness; Source factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955039279     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210368258     Document Type: Article

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