Do the Big-Five Personality Traits Predict Empathic Listening and Assertive Communication?

International Journal of Listening

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 163-188

  Sims, Ceri M ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84980041537     PISSN: 10904018     EISSN: 1932586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10904018.2016.1202770     Document Type: Article

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