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Faris, Kay A.; Golen, Steven P.; Lynch, David H. – Business Communication Quarterly, 1999
Finds significant differences in level of writing apprehension among students in Freshman Composition based on grades in Freshman Composition but not based on a student's age or gender. Finds significantly greater writing apprehension among accounting majors than among non-accounting majors. (SR)
Descriptors: Accounting, Freshman Composition, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education

Mabrito, Mark – Business Communication Quarterly, 2000
Examines the online communications behavior of students with high degrees of writing apprehension as they communicated with both familiar and unknown audiences via Internet newsgroups. Finds that low-apprehensive writers tend to exhibit similar communication strategies in both types of newsgroups, but high-apprehensive writers contributed more and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education