Diffusion of E-mail: An organisational learning perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Romm, Celia T ^a   Pliskin, Nava ^b   Rifkin, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communities; Diffusion; E mail; Implementation; Organisational learning; Politics; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002192504     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(96)01070-1     Document Type: Article

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