When Do People Speak Out? Integrating the Spiral of Silence and the Situational Theory of Problem Solving

Journal of Public Relations Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-199

  Lee, Hyegyu ^a   Oshita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Oh, Hyun Jung ^a   Hove, Thomas ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84901694809     PISSN: 1062726X     EISSN: 1532754X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062726X.2013.864243     Document Type: Article

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