An Examination of How Professionals Who Abstain from Alcohol Communicatively Negotiate Their Non-drinking Identity

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-111

  Romo, Lynsey K ^a   Dinsmore, Dana R ^b   Connolly, Tara L ^a   Davis, Christine N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facework; Interprofessional Communication; Non drinking; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919846274     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2014.982683     Document Type: Article

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