Memorable messages for navigating college life

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-143

  Nazione, Samantha ^a   LaPlante, Carolyn ^a   Smith, Sandi W ^a   Cornacchione, Jennifer ^a   Russell, Jessica ^a   Stohl, Cynthia ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Control Theory; Memorable Messages; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953871571     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2011.556138     Document Type: Article

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