Some effects of electronic mail use on the quality of relationships between different organizational functions

Computer Networks

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 799-809

  MacGregor, James ^a   Lee, Eric ^b   Safayeni, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication patterns; Electronic mail; Organizational analysis; Quality of relationships; Task interdependencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041488674     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7552(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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