Reducing the effect of email interruptions on employees

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-65

  Jackson, Thomas ^a,b   Dawson, Ray ^a   Wilson, Darren ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Danwood Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Email; Employee interruptions; Productivity; Workplace communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTIVITY;

WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 0037291146     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-4012(02)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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