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12 - Interpersonal Power and Nonverbal Communication

from Part II - Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

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Norah E. Dunbar  and
Quinten Bernhold
Edited by
Christopher R. Agnew  and
Jennifer J. Harman
Christopher R. Agnew
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
Jennifer J. Harman
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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Power in Close Relationships , pp. 261 - 278
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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