An observational study of cross-cultural communication in short-term, diverse professional learning groups

Radiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-362

  Robinson, Leslie ^a   Hogg, Peter ^a   Higgins, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erasmus; Group work; Inter cultural communication; Observation; Rapport Management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN; FALLING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT THEORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER;

EID: 84908495151     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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