Middle Eastern Impression-Management Communication

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-132

  Merkin, Rebecca ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab communication; collectivism; cross cultural communication; face and facework; Israeli communication; power distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859834313     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397111424867     Document Type: Article

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