The poverty of media richness theory: Explaining people's choice of electronic mail vs. voice mail

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-467

  El Shinnawy, Maha ^a   Markus, M Lynne ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION TOOLS; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY (MRT); VOICE MAIL;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031118051     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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