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A Description of Competent and Incompetent Communication Behavior.
Wiemann, John M. – 1977
Five components of communication competence have been derived from research: affiliation/support, empathy, behavioral flexibility, social relaxation, and interaction management. This paper describes these dimensions of communication competence; it then reports on a study in which two college females judged by their peers to be effective…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Problems, Communication Skills