Definitions and perspectives on relational maintenance communication

Maintaining Relationships Through Communication: Relational, Contextual, and Cultural Variations

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-28

  Dindia, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 85076158961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410606990-1     Document Type: Chapter

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