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Publication details [#56617]

Levine, Timothy R., Hee Sun Park and Rene Weber. 2012. Individual and cultural variations in direct communication style. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 36 (2) : 179–812.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative style | directness | face maintenance | individual differences | language and culture

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study shows that individual variations overrule cultural variations in direct communication style preferences. Individuals’ self negative face need and other positive face need appear to be positively linked to direct communication style preferences.