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Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Margaret L.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1983
This study examined the context within which subjects (students) selected one of the following failure management strategies: silence, concession, excuse, justification, and refusal. Contextual variables included: relationship with the reproacher, the students' communicative goal orientation, moral severity of the failure, character of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research
