Maintaining Workplace Friendships: Perceived Politeness and Predictors of Maintenance Tactic Choice

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-268

  Sias, Patricia M ^a   Gallagher, Erin B ^b   Kopaneva, Irina ^a   Pedersen, Hannah ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment style; friendships; politeness; task interdependence; workplace relationship maintenance; workplace relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857563270     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210396869     Document Type: Article

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