Group processes in a teaching renewal retreat: Communication functions and dialectical tensions

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-168

  Kramer, Michael W ^a   Benoit, Pamela J ^a   Dixon, Maria A ^b   Benoit Bryan, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007889376     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417940701316476     Document Type: Article

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