Active-Empathic Listening as a General Social Skill: Evidence from Bivariate and Canonical Correlations

Communication Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-98

  Gearhart, Christopher C ^a   Bodie, Graham D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Skill; Competence; Listening; Social Interaction; Social Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857097477     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934215.2011.610731     Document Type: Article

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