The impact of power distance on email acceptance: Evidence from the PRC

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Huang, Linjun ^a   Lu, Ming Te ^a   Wong, Bo K ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC);

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0242497927     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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