Gossip and network relationships

Relating Difficulty: The Processes of Constructing and Managing Difficult Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-180

  Foster, Eric K ^a,b   Rosnow, Ralph L ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84919510655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810712     Document Type: Chapter

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