The risk of polite misunderstandings

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^b   De Neys, Wim ^a  

^a UTM   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; communication; politeness; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053591561     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411418472     Document Type: Article

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