Out-of-Class Communication Between Female and Male Students and Faculty: The Relationship to Student Perceptions of Instructor Immediacy

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-137

  Jaasma, Marjorie A ^a   Koper, Randall J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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EID: 84990187184     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2002.10162443     Document Type: Article

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