Examining Cultural Similarities and Differences in Responses to Advice: A Comparison of American and Chinese College Students

Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-644

  Feng, Bo ^a   Feng, Hairong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

advice; collectivism; content features; culture; evaluation of advice quality; high low context; individualism; intention to implement advice; source characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883199609     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211433826     Document Type: Article

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