An investigation of media selection among directors and managers: From "self" to "other" orientation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-358

  Carlson, Patricia J ^a   Davis, Gordon B ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Media selection; Organizational communication; Organizational roles

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INFORMATION QUALITY; MEDIA SELECTION; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0001152277     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249669     Document Type: Article

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