Interpersonal skills in the reference workplace

Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-70

  Pellack, Lorraine J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral performance; Core competencies; Interpersonal interactions; Life skills; Peer relations; Personal competencies; Professionalism; Social skills; Staff relations; Value added; Workplace behavior; Workplace interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920748209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203725696     Document Type: Chapter

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