Building relationships in initial interactions: Investigating the tie between similarity and nonverbal congruency

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• Valerie Manusov (Ph. D., University of Southern California) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Washington, Box 353415, Seattle, WA 98195. Her general interests are in interpersonal communication, with a focus on the interpretations and patterns of nonverbal communication. She also studies the effects of stereotypes in intercultural communication and the ways in which people offer accounts to others. Carolyn Chow (M.A., University of Washington) is Coordinator of Recruitment and Admissions in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington. She is interested in the minority issues in interpersonal and nonverbal communication, education, and diversity. This paper was presented to the Interpersonal and Small Group Interaction Division of the Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, November 1995.
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