Motives and goals in context: A strategic analysis of information sharing in groups

Social Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 257-280

  Hollingshead, Andrea B ^a   Jacobsohn, Gwendolyn Costa ^b   Beck, Stephenson J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84920650197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837702     Document Type: Chapter

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