Faculty use and non-use of electronic mail: Attitudes, expectations and profiles

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Mitra, Ananda ^a   Hazen, Michael D ^a   LaFrance, Betty ^a   Rogan, Randall G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMMUNICATION TOOLS; COMPUTER BASED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (CBCT); FACULTY;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0002204346     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1999.tb00097.x     Document Type: Review

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