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Self‐construal types and conflict management styles

Stella Ting‐Toomey Professor in the Department of Speech Communication, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 92834 Fax: E-mail: [email protected]
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John G. Oetzel Assistant professor in the Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico
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Kimberlie Yee‐Jung
Pages 87-104 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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