Personality characteristics of effective listeners: A five factor Perspective

International Journal of Listening

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-46

  Bommelje, Rick ^a   Houston, John M ^a   Smither, Robert ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Listening; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885716908     PISSN: 10904018     EISSN: 1932586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10904018.2003.10499054     Document Type: Article

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