The role of cultural protocol in media choice in a Confucian virtual workplace

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-200

  Lee, Ook ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Confucianism; Cultural protocol; Media richness; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONFUCIAN VIRTUAL WORKPLACE; CULTURAL PROTOCOL;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0033723944     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.843646     Document Type: Article

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