Electronic mail as a medium for rich communication: An empirical investigation using hermeneutic interpretation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 143-157

  Lee, Allen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Electronic mail; Hermeneutics; Information richness; Interpretivist perspective; IS research methodologies; Organizational communication; Positivist perspective

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SERVICES; MANAGERS; USER EXPERIENCE;

HERMENEUTICS; INFORMATION RICHNESS; INTERPRETIVIST; IS RESEARCHES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; POSITIVIST PERSPECTIVE;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0000518067     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249762     Document Type: Article

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