Communication patterns as determinants of organizational identification in a virtual organization

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Wiesenfeld, Batia M ^a,d   Raghuram, Sumita ^b   Garud, Raghu ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMMUNICATION PATTERNS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0005124222     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1998.tb00081.x     Document Type: Review

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