Predicted outcome value of e-mail communication: Factors that foster professional relational development between students and teachers

Communication Education

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-388

  Young, Stacy ^a   Kelsey, Dawn ^a   Lancaster, Alexander ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; E mail correspondence; Extra class communication; Immediacy; Predicted outcome value theory; Student teacher relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052874552     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2011.563388     Document Type: Article

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