Diversity in the Use of Electronic Mail: A Preliminary Inquiry

ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 380-397

  Mackay, Wendy E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported cooperative work; electronic mail; information filtering; information lens; task management; time management

Indexed keywords

OFFICE AUTOMATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; TASK MANAGEMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0024088288     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: 15582868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/58566.58567     Document Type: Article

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