A cross-cultural investigation of student resistance in college classrooms: The effects of teacher misbehaviors and credibility

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-464

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Zhang, Jibiao ^b   Castelluccio, Ana Alyse ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross culture; Student resistance; Teacher credibility; Teacher misbehaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051921575     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2011.597287     Document Type: Article

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