Acceptance of communication media in organizations: Richness or features?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-253

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic mail; Media choice; Media Richness Theory; Professional communication; Voice mail

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION THEORY;

VOICE MAIL;

VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032294375     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.735366     Document Type: Article

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