THE COMPLEMENTARY EFFECTS OF EMPATHY AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING ON PERSUASION CAPABILITIES
Abstract
This paper investigates the possible complementary effects that training in empathy and nonverbal communication may have on persuasion capabilities. The narrative considers implications from the literature and describes an exploratory study in which students, in a managerial setting, were trained in empathy and nonverbal communication. Subsequent evaluations of these students by faculty evaluators and the students themselves provide preliminary evidence that training in empathy, on the one hand, and nonverbal communication on the other can be effective, but concurrent training in both of these is superior to concentration in only one. This is the first research report which deals with such concurrent training and its impact on persuasion effectiveness in business communication.
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Peterson, Robin T. and Leonhardt, James M.
(2015)
"THE COMPLEMENTARY EFFECTS OF EMPATHY AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING ON PERSUASION CAPABILITIES,"
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