The Idiodynamic Method: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Communication Traits

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-367

  MacIntyre, Peter D ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication Traits; Dynamic Systems; Mixed Methods; N of 1 Methods; Research Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868323606     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2012.723274     Document Type: Article

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