Communication networks as predictors of organizational members' media choices

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-369

  Chang, Hui Jung ^a   Johnson, J David ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Networks; Media Choices; Media Richness; New Organizational Forms; Social Contagion; Social Information Processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035643223     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310109374716     Document Type: Article

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