Organizational assimilation and communication technology use

Communication Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-183

  Waldeck, Jennifer H ^a   Seibold, David R ^b   Flanagin, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 10244255260     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363775042331302497     Document Type: Article

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