Supervisor impression management: Message content and channel effects on impressions

Communication Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-601

  Westerman, Catherine Y K ^a   Westerman, David ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual capacity model; Face saving; Impression management; Negative feedback; Social information processing theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960474233     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2010.514674     Document Type: Article

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