Successful Nonverbal Communication

Michael H. Eaves is a full professor of Communication Arts at Valdosta State University, and has been a professor there since 1993. Eaves has been the director of speech and debate at Valdosta State University since beginning there in 1993, and is a member of the National Communication Association. Dale Leathers (1938–1997) was the sole author of editions one, two, and three of Successful Nonverbal Communication. He was a professor of speech communication at the University of Georgia as well as a former president of the National Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association.

Table of Contents

Part One-Nonverbal Communication






The nature of Nonverbal Communication



Facial Expressions



Eye Behaviours



Bodily Communication



Proxemic Communications



Tactile Communication



Personal Appearance



Vocalic Communication
Part Two-Developing the Successful Communicator




Impression Management



Selling Yourself Nonverbally: Politics and Sales



Detecting Deception
Part Three-Successful Communication in Applied Settings




Nonverbal Determinants of Successful Interviews



Gender and Interaction



Successful Intercultural Communication



Special Nonverbal Contexts