Communication in latin america: An Analysis of Guatemalan Business Letters

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-474

  Conaway, Roger N ^a   Wardrope, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

buffers; business letters; topic sentences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993735993     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569904270986     Document Type: Article

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