Making Connections: Complementary Influences on Communication Media Choices, Attitudes, and Use

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-182

  Treviño, Linda Klebe ^a   Webster, Jane ^b   Stein, Eric W ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Media; Ease of Use; Equivocality; Flow; Media Attitudes; Media Choice; Media Richness; Media Symbolism; Media Use; Social Influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417105     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.2.163.12510     Document Type: Article

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