Communicating across and within generations: Taiwanese, chinese-americans, and euro-americans perceptions of communication

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-179

  Giles, Howard ^a   Liang, Beatrice ^a   Noels, Kimberly A ^b   Mc Cann, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84989388387     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.11.2.04gil     Document Type: Article

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