Email adoption, diffusion, use and impact within small firms: A survey of UK companies

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-242

  Sillince, John A A ^a   Macdonald, Stuart ^b   Lefang, Bernard ^b   Frost, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; OFFICE AUTOMATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

EXTERNAL BUSINESS LINKS; PERSONAL WORK EFFECTIVENESS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0032139956     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-4012(98)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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