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Peer reviewedTanaka, Keiko Miyamoto; Bell, Robert A. – Communication Research, 1996
Provides a cross-cultural test of J. Bavelas's situational theory of equivocation. Questions students from the United States and Japan about hypothetical scenarios, altered to create either an avoidance-avoidance situation or a nonconflict situation. Finds strong support for the theory--students produced messages exhibiting substantial…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Conflict, Cross Cultural Studies, Higher Education
