Do women work harder than men at maintaining relationships?

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 342-359

  Canary, Daniel J ^a   Wahba, Jodi ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203873380     Document Type: Chapter

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