The Key Role of Listening in Business: A Study of the Singapore Insurance Industry

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 41-51

  Goby, Valerie Priscilla ^a   Lewis, Justus Helen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

insurance agents; Listening; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992791099     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056990006300203     Document Type: Article

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