Cultural dialects: Nonverbal behavior and person perception

Understanding Culture: Theory, Research, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 289-298

  Wang, Elsie J ^a   Toosi, Negin R ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860250610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781441605054     Document Type: Chapter

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